A contrarian view on Hitler by...... Netanyahu?

[jon-nyc]

Why not? it is 2020.

https://www.haaretz.com/hblocked?returnTo=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2Fnetanyahu-absolves-hitler-of-guilt-1.5411578

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

Interesting since I also have one. Maybe clicking directly from Twitter got me around it somehow.

One thing I do is keep a separate browser app on my devices just for when I want to visit sites that are counter blocking me.

[jon-nyc]

Try clicking from the twitter link George

[George K]

@jon-nyc thanks.

I disabled all my adblockers, and still wouldn't load. Go finger.

But, that's interesting. Not sure if it qualifies as "holocaust denial," however.

[jon-nyc]

In fairness he said “soft Holocaust denial”

But my point wasn’t to promote his commentary but to give you a link that might work.

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc

I believe the direct link you want is at the top of this Yahoo search page. It worked for me.

https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=E211US876G0&p=netanyahu+hitler

Were you aware it is close to five years old? I vividly recall the media controversy Bibi stirred when he made the speech.

[kluurs]

Keep in mind, the story is from 2015 even though the tweet is new.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in A contrarian view on Hitler by...... Netanyahu?:

I disabled all my adblockers, and still wouldn't load. Go finger.

It is not sufficient to disable adblockers etc. and press "reload". You need to load the original URL again. Possibly clearing cookies, too.

[Loki]

Too bad the article didn’t delve into his motivation for making that point.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in A contrarian view on Hitler by...... Netanyahu?:

In fairness he said “soft Holocaust denial”

I think it would be better to leave big words such as "Holocaust denial" out of such discussions (I'm not talking about you, @jon-nyc , but speaking generally).

He's stating a hypothesis about the real world that has a clear truth value. I find it inplausible since Hitler openly talked about the annihilation of all Jews way before November '41. But it's the job of historians to say whether that hypothesis is true or not, and that's a more productive way of dealing with such statements than a prevention of discussion by classifying it as "Holocaust denial".

[jon-nyc]

@renauda said in A contrarian view on Hitler by...... Netanyahu?:

Were you aware it is close to five years old? I vividly recall the media controversy Bibi stirred when he made the speech.

No, I just saw the tweet today.

[kluurs]

I remember reading that in pre-1941 there was discussion of moving Jews to Madagascar. With the war, that was no longer a consideration. Here it is.

[bachophile]

This was 2015. He drew a lot of heat then. Some Jerusalem mufti bashing.

Don’t know why u posted now?

[Loki]

@bachophile said in A contrarian view on Hitler by...... Netanyahu?:

This was 2015. He drew a lot of heat then. Some Jerusalem mufti bashing.

Don’t know why u posted now?

The question is why did the guy tweet it today or yesterday? Tweeting something old without context just spins up a lot of nonsense. As if that is unusual for twitter.

[Doctor Phibes]

Let's just be thankful that he didn't question whether he cheated in the election.