From: The Jerusalem Post January 28, 2025
80 Anniversary of The Liberation Of German Nazi Concentration And Extermination Camp, Auschwitz

editorial: Cheapening the Holocaust: Irish president’s remarks equate Nazi and Gaza conflicts

Irish President Michael Higgins grossly distorted Holocaust Remembrance Day with a speech that equated the Holocaust and the
Israel-Hamas War.

If Sunday’s speech by Irish President Michael Higgins in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is any indication, the world is still more comfortable honoring dead Jews than defending live ones.

In a grotesque distortion of the meaning of the day, which is meant to commemorate the six million Jews who were slaughtered at the hands of the Nazis, Higgins:
1. spewed disdain for Israel, the refuge and guardian of Jews
2. and the insurance policy that the Holocaust will not repeat itself.

Higgins not only injected equivalency to Israel’s war in Gaza to free the hostages held by Hamas after it brutally attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 but focused on the humanitarian situation in Gaza instead of the more than 90 hostages still held captive by the brutal terrorist group. Day 481

Higgins said:
1. The grief caused to families by the horrific acts of October 7 and the response to them, is unimaginable.
2. The loss of civilian lives, the displacement of people, the destruction of homes and institutions – all are beyond comprehension,
3. The current agreement must end the killing and urgently provide a massive increase in humanitarian aid to save more lives.

Transparently attempting to connect the Holocaust to Israel’s actions in Gaza over the last 16 months, Higgins said:
1. When wars and conflicts become accepted or presented as seemingly unending, humanity is a loser.
2. War is not the natural condition of humanity: cooperation is.