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Letter from Einstein where he labels zionist as "terrorist organizations" and "misled and criminal people" (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Einstein is known to have supported the Labor Zionism movement, and to have opposed groups such as Irgun (considered to be terrorists by many).

The letter doesn't even have the word Zionist in it

Edit: From Wikipedia:

When Israeli President Chaim Weizmann died in 1952, Einstein was asked to be Israel's second president, but he declined, stating that he had "neither the natural ability nor the experience to deal with human beings." He wrote: "I am deeply moved by the offer from our State of Israel, and at once saddened and ashamed that I cannot accept it."

Pretty sure he was a Zionist

[–] yesman 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Haganah could disavow the Irgun (and the Stern Gang) with the same credibility that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp could disavow Hezbollah.

Menachem Begin, who led Irgun also founded Likud and as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel was in command of the IDF . So yes, many people (including the US) considered Irgun a terrorist organization, that didn't put it and it's leaders outside the mainstream of Israeli military, politics, or government. Besides, it's crimes during the Mandate and Nakba always served the Zionist cause, and even if the Haganah or "Consultancy" didn't approve or order their actions, they were happy to take the benefit, and occasionally the credit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The Stern Gang was declared a terrorist organization when Israel was founded.

Between 5 December 1948 and 25 January 1949, Yellin-Mor and Shmuelevitz were tried in a military court on terrorism charges.[105] The prosecution accused them of the murder of Bernadotte, though they were not specifically charged with it.[105] Senior officers of the IDF, including Yisrael Galili and David Shaltiel, told the court that Lehi had hindered, rather than assisted the fight against the British and the Arabs.[105]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehi_(militant_group)#The_Lehi_trial_and_the_Fighters'_Party

As to the Irgun, the literally had armed conflicts with the Haganah (it is likely that some Irgun members were even kidnapped and tortured by the Haganah between 1944 and 1945, read up on "The Saison").

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