Adi Schwartz
Adi Schwartz is an Israeli journalist and academic. A former staff writer for Haaretz, he currently works as a freelance journalist for Israeli and international newspapers and magazines. His primary fields of interest include the Arab–Israeli conflict and Israeli and Jewish current affairs.[1]
Career
After reading Western History at
Schwartz is employed by
With Einat Wilf, he has coauthored a book, The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace.[4]
Antisemitism
Schwartz has written about various aspects of antisemitism. Schwartz has published several articles about the controversy surrounding Ariel Toaff's book about the blood libel of Trento.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Belgian politicians and antisemitism
Schwartz wrote a reportage about Antwerp's Jewish community increasing support of
Schwartz later interviewed
Schwartz also interviewed Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. Verhofstadt stated that attacking Jews "because they are Jews", or saying that "the Jewish state cannot exist" are all forms of antisemitism.[15][16]
Holocaust
Schwartz wrote about the role of the Belgian authorities in the persecution and deportation of the Jews during
Pope Pius XII
Schwartz published a series of articles about Pope Pius XII and his role in the Holocaust. Schwartz criticized Pius who haven't exercised his influence in regions with large concentrations of Catholics, like Croatia, Slovakia and Hungary, to rescue Jews.[20] Schwartz also wrote about Israeli minister Isaac Herzog opposition to the beatification of Pope Pius XII,[21] and the Vatican officials furious reaction over Herzog's comments.[22]
Muhammad al-Durrah
Schwartz has published several articles about the
Views
Israel's right to exist
Schwartz criticizes in his articles those who object to
Religion and the Holocaust
Schwartz highly criticized Pope Benedict XVI interpretation of the role of religion in the Holocaust. Pope Benedict have said: "In the darkest period of German and European history, an insane racist ideology born of neo-paganism gave rise to the attempt to exterminate European Jewry" and "The holiness of God was no longer recognized, and consequently contempt was shown for the sacredness of human life".[26] Schwartz argued that the Pope's interpretation of Holocaust history is "more troubling and less exact". Schwartz claimed that:
This interpretation is very convenient for the Church, of course. It distinguishes between what he calls a secular, pagan, "insane" Europe, which does not recognize the holiness of God, and a religious, sane, peace-mongering Europe. As far as Ratzinger is concerned, the Holocaust took place because of non-recognition of the Christian faith.[26]
In response to the historical claim made by Pope Benedict, Schwartz stated that:
The Holocaust took place on Christian soil, including Catholic Bavaria, where Ratzinger was born. It was made possible, at the very least, by the collaboration of Poles, Hungarians, Austrians, French and Belgians – all of them members of the Catholic community. This collaboration was achieved in part due to the heritage of anti-Semitism that was the legacy of the Church, the same Church that massacred Jews during the Crusades and established the first ghettoes.[26]
References
- ^ a b Adi Schwartz Linkedin profile
- ^ a b c Adi Schwartz' Bio, Adi Schwartz' Blog
- ^ Adi Schwartz' Blog
- ^ "The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "The wayward son", Haaretz, February 22, 2007.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Bar-Ilan scholar recants controversial blood libel theory", Haaretz, February 24, 2007.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Toaff retracts claim that Jews killed Christians for Passover", Haaretz, February 26, 2007.
- ^ Ofri Ilani and Adi Schwartz, "MKs demand the author of blood libel book be prosecuted", Haaretz, February 26, 2007.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "So unwelcome in his home", Haaretz, March 1, 2007.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Toaff fights for his good name", Haaretz, March 1, 2007.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Historian recants theory that Jews killed Christian child in ritual murder", Haaretz, February 24, 2008.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Between lesser and greater evils", Adi Schwartz' Blog (first published on Haaretz on November 20, 2003).
- Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press , cranbury, NJ, p. 344, n. 23.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "A little-known story", Haaretz, August 28, 2005.
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "In Holland, it's worse", Haaretz, March 18, 2005
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Belgian PM: Denying Israel's right to exist is anti-Semitism", Haaretz, March 16, 2005
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "How Belgium sacrificed its Jews to the Nazis ", Haaretz, March 3, 2007 Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "A celebrity at the age of 92", Haaretz, December 17, 2007
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "A courageous journey", Haaretz, December 28, 2007
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "The silence of the shepherd", Adi Schwartz' Blog (first published on Haaretz on October 24, 2008)
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Israeli official weighs into row with Vatican over Nazi-era pope", Haaretz, October 23, 2008
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Vatican fumes at Israeli minister's remarks on Nazi-era pope", Haaretz, October 24, 2008
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "In the footsteps of the al-Dura controversy", Haaretz, November 8, 2007
- ^ Adi Schwartz, "Independent expert: IDF bullets didn't kill Mohammed al-Dura", Haaretz, February 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Adi Schwartz, "A country in question", Haaretz, January 21, 2007
- ^ a b c Adi Schwartz, "Rewriting history in the name of the Father", Adi Schwartz' Blog (first published on Haaretz on August 24, 2005).
External links
- "Adi Schwartz' blog"
- A collection of links to Schwartz' articles on Haaretz, Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database), department of Computer Science, University College Cork.
- Adi Schwartz 'A Tragedy Shrouded in Silence: The Destruction of the Arab World's Jewry' in Azure45 (Summer 2011).