oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> and holocaust denialism / Netanyahu whitewashes Holocaust history during meeting with Orbán</p><p>Wanted war criminal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> deliberately avoided mentioning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a>'s role in the systematic extermination of over 400,000 Hungarian Jews under the Miklós Horthy regime. Instead, he constructed a fictional narrative of shared fate between Hungarians and Jews. </p><p>When referencing post-WWII suffering, he highlighted Polish victims while carefully omitting that the Soviet Union was the occupier—likely to avoid offending <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, another conservative ally. </p><p>Not the first time Netanyahu, who has been practicing historical revisionism for years, is accused of holocaust denial, showing how far he is willing go to cement alliances with leaders who share his hate of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> and international legal institutions, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICJ</span></a>. </p><p>[…] On the path to global right-wing unity, allies are forced to make compromises. Netanyahu, for example, partially sacrificed Israel's most sacred historical memory. In his remarks alongside Orbán, he did mention the Holocaust, but constructed an imagined narrative about a shared destiny between Hungarians and Jews. Additionally, Netanyahu avoided mentioning the Holocaust of Hungarian Jews and the responsibility of Miklós Horthy's regime, Hungary's ruler at the time, for the systematic extermination of more than 400,000 Jews.</p><p>[…] Instead, Netanyahu emphasized the suffering of Poles under the occupation that followed World War II. But here too, he avoided mentioning the occupiers - the Soviet Union. This could have offended another conservative ally - Vladimir Putin. Netanyahu and Orbán also preferred not to allow the many journalists in the hall to ask questions, which might have embarrassed each of them individually and both of them together. The unity of the global right sometimes requires walking on eggshells.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​</p><p>Hebrew <a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-04-04/ty-article/.premium/00000195-fc7b-df89-a39f-fc7b1e720000" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.co.il/news/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-04/ty-article/.premium/00000195-fc7b-df89-a39f-fc7b1e720000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/UYoCh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/UYoCh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HistoricalRevisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalRevisionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HolocaustMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HolocaustMemory</span></a>​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​</p>