Tom Brokaw and the Lessons of Buchenwald

At the Buchenwald concentration camp, of all places, Tom Brokaw of NBC News tries to “teach” a new lesson about the Holocaust with a question to President Barack Obama insinuating that Israelis are the new Nazis:

BROKAW: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?

OBAMA: Well, look, there’s no equivalency here.

The insensitive question comes up at the 4:05 mark on this video.

So what lesson should Israel learn from Obama’s visit to Buchenwald, in terms of treating the Palestinians?

For starters, government officials may need to more clearly articulate to journalists like Brokaw why the Green Line is often referred to as Israel’s Auschwitz borders, which the world expects Israel to concede to the Palestinians.