SouthBendTribune.com: Holocaust intimation sparks ire

Israel's Lapid protests treatment of Palestinians Causing an uproar, an Israeli Cabinet minister and Holocaust survivor said Sunday that Israel's offensive in a Gaza refugee camp -- including TV images of displaced Palestinians searching the rubble for their meager belongings -- brought back memories of his family's suffering. The comments by Justice Minister Yosef 'Tommy' Lapid reflected a growing debate in Israel over the justification for a campaign that has left 41 Palestinians dead, turned dozens of homes to dust, drawn international condemnation and yielded just one arms-smuggling tunnel. Afterward, Lapid insisted he was not likening army actions to Nazi policies but was simply moved to remember his grandmother, who was killed by the Nazis. 'If I wanted to say Holocaust, I would have said Holocaust,' Lapid told the radio. But Cabinet colleagues were infuriated, saying that the analogy was clear. Vgl. auch: Israeli official likens demolitions to Nazi actions