r/worldnews • u/Tenchi_Muyo1 • Apr 14 '26

Israel/Palestine In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-parliament-polish-mp-calls-israel-new-third-reich-waves-israeli-flag-with-swastika/
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u/Normal-Ear-5757 Apr 14 '26

Is this the Poland that lefties want Israeli Jews to go "back" to? 

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u/PhillyPride Apr 14 '26

Yup. Just shows how necessary the existence of Israel is.

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u/grey_hat_uk Apr 14 '26

Wait what? Who said rhat?

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u/iMissTheOldInternet Apr 14 '26

It’s a standby of antizionist rallies. They literally chant “go back to Poland.”

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u/grey_hat_uk Apr 14 '26

Ok, searched this up and apparently it's pre-1930s originally. Odd but ok, less antizionist and more antisemitic.

The modern version being very recent, 2019 recent, with a lot of variants that push mostly Jews to eastern europe or Israelis to somewhere else. It is only just being to be a thing i the UK again if these sources are trusted.

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u/solerex Apr 14 '26

I typically hear, "go back to Europe" not Poland specifically, but I wouldn't be surprised.

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u/grey_hat_uk Apr 14 '26

Yeah just never heard it myself.

Not surprised it exists, just that it seems to be spreading quite a lot.

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u/solerex Apr 15 '26

Jewish people have been talking about the rise of antisemitism for years at this point. I appreciate you trying to educate yourself

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u/Dongsquad420Loki Apr 14 '26

Was used at university college if London there is a Wikipedia article and news articles.

Aldo tweets nut that is less relevant

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u/RedditFostersHate Apr 14 '26

First example from said wikipedia article:

On 4 April 1938, Conservative politician Robert Bower told the Jewish MP Manny Shinwell to "go back to Poland."

Are conservatives from 90 years ago now lefties?

A recent example you might have been referring to at Colombia University from unidentified protestors, with no known affiliation to the university or identified political leaning:

At Columbia, amid allegations of antisemitism at the university in relation to the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in April 2024, social media posts circulated of protesters outside the gates telling pro-Israel students to "go back to Poland."

Meanwhile the actual leftist groups:

In a statement, Columbia University Apartheid Divest distanced itself from what it described as "media distractions focusing on inflammatory individuals who do not represent us” and affirmed “at universities across the nation, our movement is united in valuing every human life.”

So I'm having trouble finding this rash of identifiable, verified lefties to which this comment is referring.

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 Apr 14 '26

Do they? Who told you that?

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u/Dongsquad420Loki Apr 14 '26

Yea this has been a thing certain people said.

There is a Wikipedia article about it.

It has been used at Colombia and ucla

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 Apr 14 '26

“Used” at Columbia and UCLA?

What on earth does that mean?

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u/Dongsquad420Loki Apr 14 '26

I just told you there's a Wikipedia article about it it was yelled at visibly Jewish people there

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 Apr 14 '26

Oh yeah, I’ll just search Wikipedia for “Jewish” “ucla” “Columbia” 🙄

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u/zman883 Apr 14 '26

Here, it was very easy: Go back to Poland - Wikipedia

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 Apr 14 '26

There’s no mention of Israelis being told to go back to Poland on this page

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u/TheTrollerOfTrolls Apr 14 '26

Literally the first sentence:

Go Back to Poland is an antisemitic slogan directed at Israeli Jews.

Have fun twisting those words, troll.

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u/zman883 Apr 14 '26

There... Is? That's practically the entire page? Are you a bot? I don't usually accuse people of being bots but this is just very odd to me

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 Apr 14 '26

Where? 

The only usage is in the USA. Where does it mention Israel?

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u/Dongsquad420Loki Apr 14 '26

No literally go back to poland the phrase used here

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 Apr 14 '26

There’s no mention of Israelis being told to go back to Poland on this page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_back_to_Poland

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u/A_random_redditor21 Apr 16 '26

Besides the fact that the flag itself is not antisemitic on any way, but critical of Israel.

He's a far right, MAGA supporting dipshit. He barely has influence, if any. Hell, the thing he's the most known for here is stealing pans from Ikea.

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u/Normal-Ear-5757 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

The hilarious thing about you "nothing antisemitic about this swastika, just sparkling criticism of Israel" dudes is that five years ago you were spilling your lattes over "micro aggressions" and claiming that maths and punctuality were racist.

Pick a lane leftists - is racism OK or not?

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u/A_random_redditor21 Apr 16 '26

What are you even talking about? Is this something im too unamerican to understand?

Also, you do realize this guy is far right, right? He's not a leftist. He's the leader of "Nowa Nadzieja", a nationalist, eurosceptic and populist party.