Libya UN ambassador calls Gaza a "Holocaust." It isn't the first time - they did it in 2008 also. ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Thursday, May 01, 2025

Libya UN ambassador calls Gaza a "Holocaust." It isn't the first time - they did it in 2008 also.

Libya Observer reports:

Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations, Taher El-Sonni, came under sharp criticism from the United States, the United Kingdom, and France during a UN Security Council session on the Palestinian Cause, following his description of the situation in Gaza as a “holocaust” and the “Holocaust of the 21st century”—a comparison the three Western powers deemed inaccurate and antisemitic.

US representative Dorothy Shea stressed that comparing any event to the Nazi Holocaust, which claimed the lives of six million Jews, diminishes its gravity and constitutes antisemitism. She also condemned what she called “false accusations” against Israel.

UK's envoy expressed deep concern, emphasizing the specificity of the Nazi Holocaust and stating that it should not be equated with any other event. She urged instead a focus on bridging the gap between Palestine and Israel.

France’s representative, who presided over the session, reaffirmed his country’s recognition of only one Holocaust committed by the Nazis, stressing that its memory must be respected and not used for comparison—even while acknowledging the suffering of Gaza’s civilians.

Dorothy Shea's response was good:

Since Hamas’ egregious terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, this Council has been subjected to constant lies and slanders targeting Israel.
Yesterday, however, the Council saw a new low. The United States condemns the statement by the Permanent Representative of Libya, who called the unfortunate and tragic civilian deaths in Gaza a, quote, “Holocaust.”
Mr. President, let us be perfectly clear: there is no event in modern history comparable to the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism is clear that any such comparison is antisemitic because it trivializes the Holocaust and desecrates the deaths of the over six million Jews and millions of others who were systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
Those who deploy such comparisons are perpetuating such antisemitism and should not be allowed the dignity of speaking in this Council.
Unfortunately, grotesque antisemitism is a common feature in this Council’s proceedings. We all sit and watch each week as representatives of certain Member States purposefully avoid sitting next to representatives of the Member State of Israel. We hear constant lies targeting Israel, such as blaming Israel for Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket attacks, for example, the one that that killed and injured hundreds at Al-Ahli Hospital and constant demonization of the Jewish state. Too many representatives of Member States refuse to acknowledge Hamas’ misuse of civilian infrastructure under the nose of the UN, or they also refuse to condemn them for the very terrorist group that they are.
Mr. President, in conclusion, this antisemitism and anti-Israel bias is beneath the dignity of this Council and should be unacceptable anywhere.

Interestingly, this is not the first time Libya compared Gaza to the Holocaust.

In 2008, the Libyan representative compared the situation in Gaza to the concentration camps set up by Nazi Germany to exterminate Jews. Immediately after Dabbashi made his remarks, the ambassadors of France, the United States, Britain, Belgium and Costa Rica walked out of the council chamber.

2008 was before any war in Gaza. Which just goes to prove that these antisemites know that they are lying, but they score points by attacking Jews.