SOUTH KOREA - President Makes Unfounded Holocaust Comparison

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung shared a video on X/Twitter by Jvnior of what appeared to be Israeli soldiers pushing a body over a roof. The caption of the original video was “LIVE FOOTAGE: IDF soldiers tortured a Palestinian kid and threw him off a roof.”

Lee wrote, “We need to verify whether this is true, and if it is, what actions were taken.” He then went on to compare “wartime killings” such as the one in the video to “the Holocaust of the Jews” and “comfort women” (the taking of Korean women as sex slaves during World War II).

Jvnior’s footage was actually not live, as stated, and instead dates back to September 2024. The body shown was not a child but an adult terrorist killed in an active firefight in the West Bank by the Duvdevan commando unit. The terrorist was deceased at the time of being thrown from the roof, but the IDF nevertheless condemned the incident, and the matter was investigated.

Geopolitical expert and Jewish People Policy Institute Senior Researcher Dr. Kobby Barda explained that South Korea is under unusual energy pressure, given that more than half of its oil comes from the Middle East.

Dr. Kobby Barda explained: “Over the past year, Israel has become an issue that is relatively easy to ‘speak strongly about’ without paying a direct price.

“Bottom line: this is less a story about Israel and more about a pressured South Korea, energy concerns, Iran, and domestic politics. Israel has simply become a tool in the equation.”

-www.jpost.com, 12 April 2026

Commentary: It is ironic that those who propagate false claims about Israel do so under the guise of trying to prevent another Holocaust. As Dr. Kobby Barda states in the article, this criticism of Israel comes at a time when South Korea is under pressure from energy disruption, as “more than half of its oil comes from the Middle East.” He reveals that “Israel has become an issue that is relatively easy to ‘speak strongly about’ without paying a direct price.”

This is in line with what Bible prophecy says about the nations of the world turning against God’s people in the last days. But Israel will remain protected from all attacks incited by the enemy: “The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more” (Zephaniah 3:15).

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