{
  "id": 13093880,
  "title": "Hitler 'solved the Jewish question' by exterminating European Jews, Norman Finkelstein claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/hitler-solved-the-jewish-question-by-exterminating-european-jews",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T10:50:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-911161"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Norman Finkelstein, a political scientist and critic of Israel, claimed during an interview on Briahna Joy Gray's podcast Bad Faith that Hitler solved the Jewish question by exterminating European Jews. Finkelstein made this statement while explaining the original rationale behind Zionism, which was an attempt to avoid persecution and assimilation. He argued that the six million Jews killed by Hitler had resolved the issue of Jewish presence in Europe, as antisemitism levels are not high today. Finkelstein further suggested that if those Jews had stayed in Europe, antisemitism might have persisted. The conversation on Zionism's definition arose following the United Kingdom's Green Party adopting a motion declaring that \"Zionism is Racism.\" This motion acknowledges Zionism as Israel's core ideology, which has established and perpetuated an apartheid system between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. The motion supports the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and liberation and calls for a unified democratic state in historic Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital. Israel's Foreign Ministry accused the UK Green Party of ceasing to act as a political party and becoming a platform for terrorism after adopting the motion.",
  "summary": "Finkelstein made this point during an explanation as to the original rationale of Zionism being an attempt to avoid persecution and assimilation.",
  "key_points": [
    "Norman Finkelstein claims Hitler solved Jewish question by exterminating European Jews.",
    "Finkelstein explains Zionism's original purpose was to avoid persecution and assimilation.",
    "Six million Jews killed by Hitler reduced antisemitism levels in Europe."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}