When Norman Finkelstein pronounced the Holocaust a "schmatte," audience members familiar with Yiddish words gasped. "Schmatte" means "rag" in Yiddish.
The controversial speaker addressed an audience of more than 250 students, faculty members and guests in the Owen L. Coon Forum on Thursday night.
His speech focused on Israel's perpetuation of violence in order to maintain power in the Middle East at the event, hosted by the Northwestern chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
In his speech, Finkelstein said the atrocities committed by the Nazis were no justification for the "Israeli massacre" in Gaza last month.
"In usual language, that's called terrorism," he said. "The targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure."
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