But the past, especially when not handled with care, can be the enemy of the future and distort our reading of the challenges of the present. This is certainly the case with the analogy that Israeli leaders insist on drawing between the destruction of European Jewry in the Holocaust and the threat posed to the Jewish state by a nuclear-armed Iran.
特拉维夫——沉浸在悲剧历史中的犹太人大多对过去抱有一种虔诚的态度。 但如果不能谨慎对待过去，就有可能与未来为敌，扭曲我们对当前面临挑战的恰当解读。 以色列领导人坚持将大屠杀时毁灭欧洲犹太人与拥有核武器的伊朗给犹太国家造成的威胁相提并论无疑就是一个实例。