Comparing Kapos & Jewish Activists is not Kosher

When the horrors of the Holocaust and the actions of the nazis are associated with more modern events, many of us find the comparisons to be demeaning and insensitive. When those tags are applied to Israel we find them totally offensive. Yet Morry Sztainbok (AJN letters 5/6/2009) finds no problem using those sorts of comparisons when it comes to people he clearly despises. To quote him: "..then it was Kapos, today Jewish 'peace' activists; then it was Mein Kampf, today the charters of Hamas and Fatah." So Sztainbok thinks that it is within the acceptable limits of public debate to associate kapos with Jews he disagrees with, and compare Palestinians with the nazis. His words make that clear. I think that sort of vilification is offensive to Jews and Palestinians. My only comfort is that my letter will be one of many who condemn Sztainbok's words. After all, the Jewish community wouldn't display a double standard, would it? Harold Zwier