THE TRAGIC PARALLELS OF GAZA AND THE HOLOCAUST

THE ghastly pictures of famine coming out of Gaza are reminiscent of the pictures of emaciated Jews who survived concentration camps during the Second World War.

- DR MAMPHELA RAMPHELE

That, within a few generations, the descendants of concentration camp victims can perpetrate a mass starvation strategy on top of a genocidal military strategy, while the world watches on TV and does nothing, is an indictment on all of humanity.

The vast majority of the world’s Jewry do not associate themselves with Zionism or barbarity, and most do not live in Israel. But they, too, will be scarred by the slipping of the mask of cultured and resilient humanity that Israel has sought to symbolise and project for nearly 80 years. Israel’s actions today will fuel anti-Semitism for generations to come.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a rogue Prime Minister presiding over a rogue state that regards Palestinians as lesser human beings.