German schools told to deny Nakba

Muhammad Qudsi

Local schools in Berlin, Germany, have been ordered amidst the ongoing Gaza genocide to distribute leaflets referring to Palestine’s Nakba Day as a “myth”.

The ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the opposition Christian Democratic Party (CDU) have told high schools in Berlin’s Neukolln borough to disseminate brochures entitled “The Myth of Israel 1948.”

In passing the motion last Wednesday the parties announced that “the district office is asked to advocate the use of the brochure ‘Myths#Israel1948’ in Neukolln’s secondary schools” to confront “anti-Semitic narratives within the educational framework of the schools”.

“The expanded definition of anti-Semitism of the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) and the German government should also be communicated,” it further added.

1. Markaz Sahaba investigated the alliance’s list of “examples of antisemitism”. It expressly forbids criticism accusing the Israeli state of being racist. That, it claims, denies the “the Jewish people their right to self-determination”
2. And, even as the Gaza genocide continues, you’d be guilty of falling foul of IHRA’s definitions if you compared Israel’s action to those of Nazi Germany.
3. And, while its okay to deny the Nakba and to support the Gaza genocide, Germany’s Holocaust is strictly off-limits.

Zionist gangs forced over 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral homes in Palestine between 1947 and 1949, destroying 500 villages and towns before the illegal establishment of the Israeli entity. That displacement later became known as the Nakba.

Known as the Day of Nakba, Palestinians annually commemorate this incident on May 15. Despite ample credible evidence supporting the occurrence of this historical tragedy, a leaflet distributed among high school students in Berlin’s Neukolln borough unequivocally rejects it as a “myth”.

Yet the United Nations, in May last year, recognised the compelling evidence and observed the 75th anniversary of Nakba Day for the first time in its history.

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) orchestrated a significant special meeting presided over by Ambassador Cheikh Niang of Senegal, the committee’s chairman.

Despite not giving up a grain of sand in compensation for its holocaust, Germany remains a fierce and avid supporter of the occupation and mass suffering of Palestinians to pay for the Germans’ sins.

Last month, the German Der Spiegel magazine reported Berlin is considering delivering tank shells to “Israel” to support its genocidal war against Gaza.

It said “Berlin received a request to supply [Israel with] about 10,000 precision shells of 120mm caliber to the Israeli army in November last year,” adding “the relevant authorities have already approved the request preliminary.”

Der Spiegel  said Berlin is considering plundering its own army’s stockpiles to supply the IOF urgently as the private sector cannot provide the required amount immediately.

Scholz had previously voiced his opposition to an “immediate” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, amid increasing global pleas to end the genocide.

He also said “Israel’s” right to “self-defense” must “not be called into question.”

Nevertheless, a recent poll by the foundation Forschungsgruppe Wahlen found that anti-Israeli genocide sentiments are on the rise among German voters.

The poll showed 61% of voters oppose “Israel’s” genocide in Gaza due to the colossal Palestinian death toll, slamming its conduct as “unjustified”. In contrast, a dwindling 25% of voters support the genocide.

Deutsche Welle reported during mass pro-Palestinian rallies that swept Berlin last month that protesters could be heard chanting slogans such as: “No to genocide in Gaza” and: “All together against fascism” while lighting candles as a tribute to Gaza’s martyrs.

The protest was triggered by Germany’s decision to declare its support for the Israeli occupation in the case raised against it by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.