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[–] Riccosuave 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's honestly amazing how many strategies Israel adopted straight from the Third Reich's playbook. I would say it is bitter irony, except it seems to be completely planned and intentional.

I've said it before, but I will say it again. Those who have been oppressed make the most effective oppressors.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Netanyahu's political party, the Likud, were partially founded by members of Lehi. Including the first Likud Prime Minister.

Lehi was a Zionist Terrorist organization in Mandatory Palestine. Their main operations were political assassinations of any leader who supported the British, or opposed their ideal of a Jewish ethno-state. This included Jewish and Palestinian leaders.

They also took part in a few massacres of Palestinians, including raping women before killing them.

But the meat of this tangent is what they did during WW2. See, they really hated the British. So much so that they made multiple overtures to join WW2 on the side of the Nazis. They kept trying to join in until 1942. (and only stopped when the founder of Lehi died)

Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia talking about Lehi;

According to Yaacov Shavit, professor at the Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University, articles in Lehi publications contained references to a Jewish "master race", contrasting the Jews with Arabs who were seen as a "nation of slaves".[47] Sasha Polakow-Suransky writes that "Lehi was also unabashedly racist towards Arabs. Their publications described Jews as a master race and Arabs as a slave race." Lehi advocated mass expulsion of all Arabs from Palestine and Transjordan,[48] or even their physical annihilation.[49]


Netanyahu's early political career was directly mentored by former members of Lehi. It's why he sabotaged the peace talks in the 90s.

[–] Riccosuave 19 points 1 year ago

Weirdly enough, I just responded to someone else who was talking about the inter-war and post war era in Palestine when you sent this. I felt this was important information to add to that discussion so I copied your response, included it there, and credited you.

Link: https://lemmy.world/comment/4616516

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

"Never again" means different things to different people. To some it means it's important to prevent the horrors of the Holocaust from ever happening again to anyone. To others it means it's important to prevent it from happening to us.

I subscribe to the former view, though i am not Jewish myself so perhaps that plays a role.