Goebbels gap
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TheGoebbels gapis an Internetadagedefined as the amount of time between a negative event in the world and when someoneblames it on the Jews.[1]Promulgated by the American writerYair Rosenberg,then a senior writer atTabletmagazine, in 2019, it is seen as a proof point of seemingly everyconspiracy theoryeventually targeting theJews.[1]It is named forNazichief propagandistJoseph Goebbels,who engineered the deeply virulent antisemitic propaganda of theThird Reich.
Usage[edit]
Rosenberg has cited as examples of the Goebbels gap the 10 day period between theSeptember 11 attacksand when antisemitic conspiracy theories began to emerge ofIsrael's culpability in the attacks,[1]andIranian PresidentHasan Rouhaniclaiming Israel supported theIslamic Statein 2019.[2]It has also been cited in reference to claims, including bywhite supremacistDavid Duke,Turkish politicianFatih Erbakan,[3]and academicAs'ad AbuKhalil,that Israel or "Zionists" were behind theCOVID-19 virus.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^abcCarwana, Brian (26 January 2022)."Holocaust Remembrance Day & How Antisemitism Threatens Democracy".Religions Geek.Retrieved2023-01-30.
- ^Rosenberg, Yair (2 October 2019)."Iran's President Claimed Israel Supports ISIS on National TV and No One Noticed".Substack.Retrieved2023-01-30.
- ^"Status of Societal Respect for Religious Freedom (Turkey)".International Religious Freedom Reports.U.S. State Department.Retrieved5 July2023.
- ^Quintero, Faith (2020-03-26)."Blurring support for Israel by helping those who wish to destroy it".Arutz Sheva.Retrieved5 July2023.