The problem with his impassioned argument is that at its core, it’s a straw man. NO ONE is arguing that because Jews suffered in the Holocaust they have a right to make Palestinians suffer.

The actual argument being made in relationship to the Holocaust is that the existence of the Israeli state was a necessity, since millions of Jews lost their homes and their countries, while the entire world slammed the door in their faces (including the United States).

The British had control of the land, and they, along with the international community carved out a very small part of it to turn into Israel and solve this tremendous refugee crisis, and it had broad international support.

At the time, by the way, the Arabs living in the region, under British rule, were offered statehood alongside Israel.

They turned it down, and opted instead to spend the next 60 years or so trying to destroy Israel and kill all the Jews.

I think Jews are absolutely right in saying that the actions of the international community during the Holocaust, (in some case cooperating in the slaughter, in almost all cases slamming their gates in the faces of the Jews fleeing the genocide) absolutely justifies the existence of an Israeli state.

The Holocaust was just one atrocity visited upon the Jewish people by Europe. For thousands of years Europe and Asia have been brutal to Jews, expelling them from their land, and scapegoating them for pretty much any and everything.

Even the United States had “no dogs, no Jews” signs up at public swimming pools not so long ago.

So, yes, using the Holocaust to justify the existence of the state of Israel is absolutely fair game.

And once you acknowledge a state’s right to exist, you are also acknowledging that, like all states, it has the right to defend itself from aggressors.

Does that justify how Israel has treated the Palestinians? It really depends on what you think the alternative is?

Palestinians have rejected every peace deal and two state solution ever put before them. And they have time and again returned to waves of terrorism as their sole negotiating tactic.

At all times their leaders have been either unwilling or unable to negotiate an end to the conflict.

The pro-Palestinian contingent never actually proposes a solution that keeps Israelis safe and secure. They just endlessly criticize Israel for literally any and all actions.

When Obama left office, he gave Isn’treal a parting gift of 3B USD in weaponry.

Biden pledges an additional 8B

Those are your liberal heroes, continuing to fund Palestinian genocide.

Both democrats and republicans are liberals little bro.

Unfortunately untrue considering Biden has promised and appears to be currently acting on providing all support possible.

This is what we on the “far left” (Marxists, MLs, MLMs, etc.) mean when we say “the US does not have a two party system of governance- it has a uniparty, effectively one party rule.” The R and Ds may lightly disagree outwardly in their public persona, but actions speak louder than words, and every single US democrat president since the occupation of Palestine began under the current government has supported them essentially without hesitation and without reservation. Obviously the same is true for Republicans. They are united in their foreign policy agendas. And mostly united in domestic policy too… but that’s for a different day.

Biden’s a total open Zionist. I can’t find a linkable video, but in 1986 Joe Biden said it was time for people to stop apologizing for supporting Israel because the state is necessary for promoting US imperial interests in the region and if it didn’t exist they’d have to make a new Israel. AOC refused to even protest vote against more funding to Israel at this point. DSA people organized to get her in office and now she won’t even uphold the supposed principles she said she stood for. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/24/politics/aoc-israel-iron-dome-vote-explanation/index.html

Edit: what we mean by “liberalism.”

You are thinking of liberals like in the US sense, I presume. When we say libs we are talking about neoliberals, which would be both the “left” and the right in the US.