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Denazifying Gaza

JL;DR SUMMARY Nachum Kaplan explores the complexities of denazifying Gaza by drawing parallels with Germany's post-World War II denazification process. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGazaWorld War IiGermanyIsaac HerzogExtremismPalestinian CauseDenazificationAllied ForcesRe Education

Places mentioned

Gaza, Central District, Israel
"Israeli President Isaac Herzog holds up an Arabic version of Hitlers Mein Kampf found on the body of a Palestinian in Gaza."
Germany
"Germanys denazification after World War Two is often cited as the model example."
Dachau, Bavaria, Germany
"Civilians were marched through concentration camps such as Dachau and Buchenwald, forced to confront crematoria, mass graves, and the residue of industrialized murder."
Buchenwald, Thuringia, Germany
"Civilians were marched through concentration camps such as Dachau and Buchenwald, forced to confront crematoria, mass graves, and the residue of industrialized murder."
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
"The Frankfurt Auschwitz trials shattered the fiction that Nazi crimes were abstract or distant."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"The lessons for Gaza are unavoidable."
Judea and Samaria, Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"It is fantasy to imagine that Gaza, or Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank) at some point, can be deradicalized by administrative fiat."
Qatar
"External actors (Qatar, Turkey, and whatever remains of Irans regime) will continue to pump Islamist propaganda into Gaza and Judea and Samaria, sustaining and renewing the sick ideology."
Turkey
"External actors (Qatar, Turkey, and whatever remains of Irans regime) will continue to pump Islamist propaganda into Gaza and Judea and Samaria, sustaining and renewing the sick ideology."
Iran
"External actors (Qatar, Turkey, and whatever remains of Irans regime) will continue to pump Islamist propaganda into Gaza and Judea and Samaria, sustaining and renewing the sick ideology."

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