Over the past 75 years, this "never again" pledge has created a colonial power in the Middle East that is both brutal in its oppression in the occupied territories and extremely expansionist in its policy as it moves to push more and more Palestinians out of their homes and off their lands.
An Arab Muslim Paramedic - who died while treating the Israelis who were injured when Hamas militants stormed the Supernova rave party last week - is now hailed as a hero.
As we witness the unrelenting and brutal bombardment of Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, which continue to take Palestinian lives, the world should be reminded that the present war is between an organisation and a state.