Apples to Oranges

What Obama did, comparing the Holocaust to the treatment of palestinians by Israelis, is pretty disgusting. As Ace points out, he didn't need to go back sixty years to find Jews/Israelis suffering at the hands of palestenians (suicide bombings, rockets, and kidnappings come to mind). However, I have one question why are the palestinians treated differently than any other refugee out there? Over and over again? Why aren't people decrying the Jewish refugees of Muslim countries? Oh that's right because Israel took their brethren in. While the Arab world refused to.

Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust. Tomorrow, I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich. Six million Jews were killed - more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. Threatening Israel with destruction - or repeating vile stereotypes about Jews - is deeply wrong, and only serves to evoke in the minds of Israelis this most painful of memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve.

On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. They endure the daily humiliations - large and small - that come with occupation. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.

Obama really needs a history lesson.