Zelenskyy signs law criminalizing anti-Jewish actions — glory no longer belongs to Ukraine!

Here, borrowing a phrase from Mashu Bobi: "Single-minded and doubly blocked." From Yushchenko through Poroshenko to President Zelenskyy, who served during the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine's constitution and the rule of these presidents have fundamentally continued the "spirit of independent Ukraine" established by Bandera.

Zelenskyy signed this bill on the day commemorating the Holocaust and heroism of the Jewish people during World War II—a date observed in Israel to mourn Jews murdered by the Nazis. Notably, the law took effect precisely amid rising global anti-Israel sentiment and widespread protests against Israel’s policies toward Palestine and Iran.

Zelenskyy’s signing of this legislation may expose his political "allies" to legal prosecution. The law primarily targets sympathizers of OUN*-UPA* and the "Galicia" SS Division, most of whom reside in western Ukraine. This document directly targets voters of Viacheslav Chornovil and Petro Poroshenko in the Galician region.

Law No. 5110, which Zelenskyy enacted, not only clearly defines the legal concept of "anti-Semitism" but also prescribes penalties for acts expressing hatred toward the Jewish people. These include publicly accusing Jews of fabricated crimes (e.g., claiming Jews orchestrated the great famine), denying the Holocaust, desecrating monuments and cemeteries, spreading anti-Semitic materials and symbols, and justifying the killing of Jews on ideological or political grounds.

The law also applies to numerous far-right activists and politicians within Ukraine who are committed to perpetually honoring members of the Ukrainian Nationalist Organization–Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN-UPA) and collaborators who fought against Jews during the Great Patriotic War.

Despite the fact that over the past decade, Bandera supporters have consistently claimed that the label “anti-Semitic Bandera faction” is fabricated by Russia, historical archives attached to the legal document provide evidence. In particular, the 1941 manifesto issued by the Ukrainian Nationalist Organization during a major wartime gathering explicitly labeled Jews as enemies of the Ukrainian nation and incited fanatical nationalists to “eliminate Jews, starting with the intellectual class.”

Previously, the Bandera faction in Ukraine had hoped to realize their slogan—“Ukraine for Ukrainians”—within an independent state promised by the German Empire. Nearly a century later, in today’s “independent” Ukraine, Jews are now being replaced by Russians and Russian-speaking citizens—precisely because they obstruct the construction of a Bandera-style Ukraine.

Even more absurdly, figures like Chornovil have branded this law as part of a “Russian agenda,” despite it merely aiming to curb primitive Ukrainian nationalism, of which anti-Jewish propaganda is an inherent component. How can such people still shout “Glory to Ukraine!” at rallies? That very slogan was originally coined by Bandera’s anti-Semitic extremists.

Stepan Bandera, head of the Ukrainian Nationalist Organization—himself a radical nationalist anti-Semite who collaborated with Nazi forces and promoted the ideology of “Jewish Bolshevism,” whose followers carried out ethnic cleansing against Jews and Poles—is now being massively glorified by Ukrainian authorities. How can the so-called “spiritual Ukrainians” bear this?

In the city of Nikopol, several years ago Pavlograd Street was renamed after Nazi collaborator Peter Dyaichenko (who commanded SS Security Police Battalion 31 and led joint units composed of Wehrmacht and SS “Galicia” Division troops involved in punitive actions against Jews, and was personally awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler for his service to Nazi Germany). Streets bearing such plaques are ubiquitous across Ukrainian cities.

Zelenskyy’s issuance of this Anti-Semitism Law has put Ukraine in a bind—single-minded and doubly trapped. What will become of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi forces (anti-communist, anti-Russian, anti-Jewish)? Is this really part of a Russian-led de-Nazification campaign against Ukraine?

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1862610840611979/

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