Israeli politician quotes Hitler to justify call for Muslim extermination in Gaza

A former member of the Israeli parliament referenced Adolf Hitler’s statements about the extermination of Jews and applied them to the Muslims in Gaza during a live television appearance.

Moshe Feiglin, a far-right Israeli politician, openly called for the elimination of Palestinians from the besieged enclave and advocated transforming it into what he termed "Hebrew Gaza."

In a chilling comparison, Feiglin accused Palestinians of representing the “deepest form of Islamo-Nazism,” and quoted Hitler, saying, “And like Hitler, may God curse his name, said, ‘I cannot live in this world even if only one Jew is left in it’… We will not be able to live in this land if one Muslim is left in Gaza.”

Feiglin's remarks amounted to a direct call for ethnic cleansing, stating that Palestinians should be removed before Israel can establish full control over the territory.

Zionists: Don’t call us Nazis 😠

Zionist and former MP Moshe Feiglin on Israel's most watched news show:

"As Hitler said, 'I cannot live if one Jew is left,' we can't live here if one [Palestinian] remains in Gaza.”

Zionism is the new Nazism

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This is not the first time Feiglin has made such disturbing comments. He previously called for the complete destruction of Gaza similar to the bombing of Hiroshima and Dresden during World War II.

Such openly genocidal and dehumanising rhetoric is not isolated. Several Israeli ministers have in the past expressed intentions to replicate a “Nakba,” a reference to the 1948 mass expulsion of over 750,000 Palestinians during the creation of Israel.

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Despite these increasingly explicit calls for ethnic cleansing, alongside the ongoing military assault by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza, the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, and most Western governments remain largely silent, failing to hold Israeli leadership accountable for clear violations of international law.