on January 11, 2022, 11:38 am
Despite Exploiting the Holocaust Financially and in Propaganda Israel Acknowledges No Obligation to the Survivors
German holocaust survivors – Interview with Collette Avital
A friend recently sent me yesterday a clip from a German news programme in which Colette Avital of Israel’s Center of Organisations of Holocaust Survivors, was interviewed about the plight of holocaust survivors in Israel. You might have thought, given the prominent place that the holocaust occupies in Zionist propaganda that Israel would take care to see that the basic needs of the remaining survivors were met. This is my friend’s description.
I saw a short clip on a German news programme last night about holocaust survivors still living in Israel. Apparently half of them live below the poverty line (an increase) and the reporter spoke to a charity putting together food items etc. They said that demand has greatly increased (also due to covid) but that donations have greatly decreased. The male respondent said the govt does not do anything, and the govt did not respond to the programme's request for more information.
The journalist then spoke a woman who leads the centre for holocaust survivors and she said she had an angry discussion many years ago to Netanyahu when he was finance minister about providing holocaust survivors with proper support rather than expecting them to rely on charity. He said that Israel was not responsible for the holocaust therefore he could not see why these people should be Israel's responsibility. It was up to Germany to care for them. It is amazing when you think of the political capital he / Israel constantly make from the holocaust.
They then said that a few years ago, due to pressure, all survivors got a pension of 1,200 Euros a month but for most this was not enough to cover rent, heating, food, medication, transport costs to the doctor etc, therefore so many remain below the poverty line.
On three days a year Israel commemorates the holocaust and on the remainder they are forgotten, treated as an embarrassment. In 2013 Ha’aretz ran an article Israel Is Waiting for Its Holocaust Survivors to Die. This is literally true. To the Zionists the holocaust survivors are a burden on Israel. Israel can afford the latest in military equipment, it can bomb its neighbours to its hearts content, it can spend the second highest percentage of its GDP in the world on War (they call it Defence in true Orwellian style) but when it comes to the holocaust survivors there is nothing in the kitty. Ctd....
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