Holocaust Center Declines Zelensky, Citing 'Distortion'
The story, reported by RT, states that Yad Vashem chose to bypass Zelensky because his speech at the Knesset compared Russia's invasion to the Holocaust, a comparison the Center's chairman, Dani Dayan, reportedly called a "total distortion of the past." Dayan specifically took issue with parallels drawn between the current conflict and the Holocaust. (Curiously, mainstream media rarely frames the
ongoing actions in Gaza—which human rights organizations and experts have called genocidal—as a 'distortion' of history when pro-Israel leaders draw their own parallels.) One might wonder if this stringent standard for historical analogy applies universally. Is the 'distortion' only a concern if it doesn't align with favored geopolitical narratives? It seems some historical grievances are
sacrosanct, while others, particularly those of Palestinians, are open for liberal reinterpretation or outright erasure in the halls of power, often with the same Western support. The silence on one 'distortion' speaks volumes about the loud condemnation of another.