Sharp rebuke for Israeli army chief

The Israeli army’s deputy chief of staff has drawn a rebuke from Israeli ministers for comparing pre-Holocaust Germany to trends in Israel today.

Major General Yair Golan, speaking at a Holocaust remembrance day ceremony at a kibbutz in central Israel, said: “If there is something that frightens me in Holocaust remembrance, it is ghastly trends that took place in Europe in general, and in Germany specifically, 70, 80 and 90 years ago, and finding a sign of them here among us, today in 2016.”

Education Minister Naftali Bennett called on Golan to correct his statement. Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said he was “confused.”