Ah, the Holocaust. I guess I should be proud of you for holding out this long before trying to hide behind it.

Zionism predates the Holocaust by around 70 years. Most of the quotes in the article are from before WWII even started.

And yes, the Holocaust was among the worst atrocities ever committed. Certainly in modern history. You won't find a word of argument from me on that topic. It's simply that it does not and cannot, in any way shape or form, justify the same evil, in spirit if not in scale, being inflicted on another group of people who had nothing to do with it. Ben-Gurion acknowledges this incredibly obvious fact right there in the article.

So while Israel starves and bombs and snipes Palestinian children, while its soldiers post videos of themselves mocking the suffering of the people they're brutalising, while those same soldiers support their terrorist settlers as they force innocent families from their homes at gunpoint, don't you dare try to manipulate people with tales of gold teeth and railroad cars.

What you are supporting is monstrous. And the fact that you think you can justify it by calling on the memory of people who suffered because of the exact same mindset of superiority and dehumanisation you're now evincing is the most disgusting irony I can imagine.