All this helps to explain why anti-Israel protesters, politicians and commentators are pathologically obsessed with the Jewishness of Israel.

A 2012 survey of Norwegians showed 38% of respondents deem Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to be the equivalent of Nazi policies toward Jews. Studies over the last decade of German attitudes toward Israel consistently reveal that nearly half (at times more than 50%) of Germans view Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to be comparable to the Nazis obliteration of Jews.

Put simply, the obscene parallel likening Israel to Nazi Germany has gained traction across Europe.