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Members of the Haganah militia training in the Jeezrel Valley during the 1948 War in Palestine, March 3, 1948. (Zoltan Kluger/GPO)
Trump vilifies Palestinians for using the same violence that birthed Israel
Trump's 'Deal of the Century' speech condemned Palestinians for terrorism and praised Israel for peace — all while ignoring Israel's own violent history.
By Edo Konrad January 30, 2020
Heinz-Christian Strache, Chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria. (photo: (Franz Johann Morgenbesser CC BY-SA 2.0)
The Israeli Right’s historic ties to European fascism
The ruling Likud party welcomed to Israel members of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, whose founders were high-ranking officials in the Third Reich. But the Israeli Right’s ties to fascist movements stretch back as far as the 1920s. By Noam Rotem The heads of the Freedom Party of Austria, an extremist, far-right political party, are…
By +972 Magazine April 14, 2016
Irgun fighters training in 1947. (photo: Archive of Jabotinsky Institute in Israel/CC BY 2.5)
Would pre-state Zionist militias be terrorists by today’s standards?
A Zionist Union MK gets heat for saying not all Palestinians who use violence against Israeli soldiers are terrorists. Can attacks against uniformed soldiers be considered terrorism? By Tomer Persico Labor MK Zohair Bahloul in recent days raised the ire of Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum, including members of his own party, for…
By +972 Magazine April 10, 2016
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