I can see how you'd come up with the analogy, but given the history of Jews in gas chambers and ovens, I would not want to be seen within a thousand kilometres of such an analogy.
I suppose the purpose of the analogy is to say, "Look what happened to you - it's no better when you do it to others, even if it is on a micro scale by comparison".
Bear in mind that Jews had NOT threatened Himmler and co or Germany with death, as Moslems are frequently doing in all sorts of blood thirsty ways to Jews. They were going about their lives, doing good things, as usual. Moslems are frequently threatening death to Jews, murdering them any chance they get and would carry out wholesale carnage if we take them at their word. If I was Jewish, I'd be inclined to consider such genocidal people best kept 1000 km away from me. I don't think I'd have gone to live among them, but then I wouldn't be Jewish as they think they have a Promised Land and that God'- on their side. Of course the Moslems have the same superstitious thinking.
Keep in mind that the "robbing of their homes" was a bit like Fijian Indians who had 100 year leases on land in Fiji, from the local yokels, who decided they wanted their land back. So, of course, generations of Fijian Indians were "thrown off 'their' lands". The Ottoman landlords owned lots of Palestinian land and was rented to Palestinians. Jews bought the land. The Palestinians had to get off. Seems fair enough to me. Then, when Arabs started ethnically clearing Jews, with murder in their pogroms, Israelis responded in kind. When Arabs attacked them militarily, and lost, Israel, quite rightly, kept the conquered land, just as the Arabs would have done if they'd won. Calling it "occupied territory" is a bit silly. All land on Earth is "occupied territory". I don't think there is any which wasn't conquered and taken from others who were there first. Antarctica would be an exception, but it's hardly populated.
BTW, "decimation" means killing of 1 in 10. Jews weren't decimated by Germany, they were pretty well exterminated. If Jews had killed 6 million Arabs, or perhaps for a better comparison, 80% of Arabs, you might have a reasonable analogy. Especially if they did it on a production line, with cost control, quality control and recycling of bodily components into useful products.
Netanyahu hasn't starved anyone. They all get heaps of food from the UN. Humiliation? I get that every day. Big deal. Most people do. There's little dignity in collectivist Big Brother state-serf life as a production unit. Decimation of Palestinians is NOT what has happened to Palestinians. There might be one in a thousand who have been killed by Israelis, but not 1 in 100 and certainly not 1 in 10 and absolutely not 8 in 10. Say there are 100 million Arabs or maybe Moslems, in the area. Israel has killed how many other than during actual military combat? I guess a couple of thousand and those were targeted individuals and some accidental deaths associated. Google would have good figures. How many children have Jews killed? How many children have Arabs killed? That's a good comparison. By "children" I don't include stone throwing 17 year olds, attacking Israel's soldiers, I mean children holding on to Mum's or Dad's legs.
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