{"id":79827,"date":"2025-01-27T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T07:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=79827"},"modified":"2025-01-27T08:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:06:40","slug":"genocide-must-always-be-condemned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/01\/27\/genocide-must-always-be-condemned\/","title":{"rendered":"Genocide must always be condemned"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is Holocaust Memorial Day. We should never forget what happened in the Nazi genocide. I will not.<\/p>\n

But nor should we fail to talk about the lessons and the fact that genocide should never be tolerated wherever it happens.<\/p>\n

That, however, is what Trump is doing. As the BBC reported<\/a> yesterday:<\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump has said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza.<\/p>\n

Trump said he had made the request to Jordan's King Abdullah and planned to ask Egypt's president on Sunday, too.<\/p>\n

Describing Gaza as a \"demolition site\", Trump said: \"You're talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing\". He added that the move \"could be temporary\" or \"could be long-term\".<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Profoundly implicit in that comment is the idea that Israel should be rewarded with Palestinian territory as the result of its genocide of many of those living there.<\/p>\n

Holocaust Memorial Day exists to remind us that genocide is never acceptable and that those who undertake it must never be rewarded but must instead be held to account for their actions. Fascists do not take that view. I always will. This is the political divide the world is now facing again. We should not forget that.<\/p>\n

The new Age of Aggression in which we are living must not be allowed to change our understanding of what is right and wrong, even if its proponents have that aim. They are not possessed of the moral high ground. We should never cede it to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is Holocaust Memorial Day. We should never forget what happened in the Nazi genocide. I will not. But nor should we fail to talk
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