Gandhi on the Jews

The following is according to Tom Segev, writing at Haaretz:

The Jews of Germany were also supposed to respond with nonviolent resistance when the Nazis began persecuting them. The ideological and moral challenge posed by the Nazis left Gandhi unmoved: If only the Jews would project nonviolence, Mr. Hitler would capitulate, as if this were the Jews' historic destiny. When he saw that this wasn't exactly what was happening, Gandhi tended to blame the Jews themselves, denouncing them for the principle of "an eye for an eye" and citing the murder of Jesus as well. German Jews, he said, are trying to convince the United States to make war on Germany instead of just being loyal German Jews. Some of his admirers protested such statements, and then Gandhi was compelled to admit that he'd erred: I beg your pardon, Germany's Jews did not ask the United States to attack their country.

Even Auschwitz didn't change his mind: In his final days, being a great friend of the Jews, he wanted to explore the possibility of vast Russia absorbing all of them into its territory. This week marked the 60th anniversary of his assassination.