Oitenta anos de crise: o holocausto reimaginado e o genocídio palestino

Abstract

The Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, is considered the worst assault on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. Analysts and international media have dubbed the event an "Israeli 9/11," alluding to the Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States in 2001. This study seeks to analyze the connection between the Jewish Holocaust and the Palestinian genocide, intensified by the 2023 crisis, pointing out that the Holocaust, beyond being a humanitarian catastrophe, it is part of an open society's politics of memory directed against its enemies. This policy is part of a hegemonic communicative framework that legitimizes the State of Israel and condemns Palestinians to degrading conditions rooted in the same colonial racism that, in the past, condemned Jews to concentration and extermination camps. We argue that the relative historical distance from the Holocaust necessitates an update to this politics of memory, guided by its association with the U.S. "September 11" attacks, the major Western trauma of the 21st century, thereby reaffirming the pact of absolute defense of Israel, which not only condemns Palestinian lives but also desecrates the memory of Holocaust victims. The research is conducted at the intersection of History and International Relations, using a counter-hegemonic, materialist theoretical perspective rooted in the anti-colonial struggle. The methodology is qualitative, encompassing the analysis of news reports and official statements as well as a review of specialized literature, grounded in the "problem-history" approach and critical theory of international relations