Kochavi’s remarks on Israeli actions in Gaza stir controversy

Kochavi’s remarks on Israeli actions in Gaza stir controversy

Quoting a Holocaust survivor's speech, Kochavi said that there is a difference between "never again," and "never again -- for us."

Israeli mayor compares IDF war on Hamas to the Holocaust

Mayor of affluent central Israeli city uses Holocaust Remembrance Day address to castigate the Netanyahu government, and to accuse the Israeli military of atrocities in the Gaza Strip. By World Israel News Staff The mayor of an affluent city in central Israel sparked controversy Wednesday evening, after he used his address marking Holocaust Remembrance Day to criticize the Netanyahu government, and to draw comparisons between the IDF’s handling …

Amir Kadidi's remarks at the Holocaust Day ceremony provoked outraged reactions and drew a wave of condemnations. Culture Minister Micky Zohar: “It's spitting in the face of Holocaust survivors.” The mayor addressed the outrageous statement in a post he uploaded to Facebook

At the Holocaust and Heroism Memorial Day ceremony, the mayor of Hod Hasharon said that "Jewish morality dictates 'never again' not only for us, but for all peoples." • In his speech, he referred to the hostages and the war: "The lust for revenge, blood, and destruction did not bring back to us the dead, nor the living."

The mayor of Hod Hasharon and a member of the Yesh Atid party, Amir Kathavi, spoke in the context of the Holocaust Day events and said that Israeli morality obliges to prevent atrocities against other nationalities. “We should not deafen in the face of atrocities against other nationalities of the world - even if they are carried out in fat,” Kesteri said, drawing an apparent comparison between the events of the Holocaust and the silence of the…