Talk:Palestinian Holocaust

Why is this term in wikipedia?

There has been no Palestinian Holocaust. I openly admit that Israel forced Palestinians from their homes in villages like Deir Yassin and that many of its land-sale policies are segregetionist in effect. However, the mistreatment of the Palestinians at the hand of the Israelis is more akin to South African apartheid than the Holocaust, and perhaps more similar to the wars of western Africa that result from the spill-over efugee crises.

There are no death camps, work camps or concentration camps in Israel. There is no policy of regular large-scale massacre of Palestinians, and certainly no policy for genocidal annihilation.

I find the use of this term to be innappropriate unless we attempt to redefine the term Holocaust. Why no Chechen Holocaust? Congolese Holocaust? Cambodian Holocaust? Vietnamese? Phillipino? All of these are at least as good if not far better canidates for the application of this term than the Palestinian refugee crisis and occupation. Or does it not matter when Africans die? or is it just when White Christian Europeans are the ones doing the killing that it doesn't count?

I completely agree. This redirect is a travesy

it gives fringe phenomena legitimacy. And the fact is existed at all in the first place shows why Wikipedia is a piss poor place for I/P. Some of the I/P admins themselves are avowed leftist marxists. Its amazing how this fringe runs the internet today. There is no "Palestinian 'holocaust." The palestinain population has grown a ton, and has been nowhere near exterminated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lakrosse (talk • contribs) 07:44, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

its not even similar to apartheid. Arab-Israelis in Israel vote, go to the same colleges, get the same health care, etc., and can win against Jews in court cases. Palestinians are not black south africans in an analogy as they were never citizens of Israel. Black South Africans were. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lakrosse (talk • contribs) 07:47, 15 August 2009 (UTC)