Bilal Barakat 🍉 on Nostr: So obviously I knew that Revisionist Zionists felt inspired by fascism and tried to ...
So obviously I knew that Revisionist Zionists felt inspired by fascism and tried to ally with European fascists, but I hadn't realised until now that at least some of them explicitly ‧identified as‧ fascists!
As Rick Perlstein wrote in February, sharing his insights from Eran Kaplan's 2005 study “The Jewish Radical Right: Revisionist Zionism and Its Ideological Legacy”:
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one of Zionism’s original political traditions—the faction that ended up winning, [its] foundations were literally fascist.
I use the word “fascist” in the literal sense. Do not flinch from it. The founders of Revisionist Zionism certainly didn’t. Respect them enough to take them at their word.
In 1928, a prominent Revisionist named Abba Ahimeir published a series of articles entitled “From the Diary of a Fascist.” They refer to the founder of their movement, Ze’ev Jabotinsky (his adopted first name is Hebrew for “wolf”), as “il duce.” In 1935, his comrade Hen Merhavia wrote that Revisionists were doing what Mussolini did: “establish a nucleus of an exemplary life of morality and purity. Like us, the Italian fascists look back to their historical heritage. We seek to return to the kingdom of the House of David; they want to return to the glory of the Roman Empire.” They even opened a maritime academy in Italy, under Mussolini’s sponsorship, for the navy they hoped to build in their new Israeli state. “[T]he views and the political and social inclinations of the Revisionists,” an Italian magazine reported, “are absolutely in accordance with the fascist doctrine … as our students they will bring the Italian and fascist culture to Palestine.”
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https://prospect.org/world/2024-02-21-neglected-history-state-of-israel/
As Rick Perlstein wrote in February, sharing his insights from Eran Kaplan's 2005 study “The Jewish Radical Right: Revisionist Zionism and Its Ideological Legacy”:
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one of Zionism’s original political traditions—the faction that ended up winning, [its] foundations were literally fascist.
I use the word “fascist” in the literal sense. Do not flinch from it. The founders of Revisionist Zionism certainly didn’t. Respect them enough to take them at their word.
In 1928, a prominent Revisionist named Abba Ahimeir published a series of articles entitled “From the Diary of a Fascist.” They refer to the founder of their movement, Ze’ev Jabotinsky (his adopted first name is Hebrew for “wolf”), as “il duce.” In 1935, his comrade Hen Merhavia wrote that Revisionists were doing what Mussolini did: “establish a nucleus of an exemplary life of morality and purity. Like us, the Italian fascists look back to their historical heritage. We seek to return to the kingdom of the House of David; they want to return to the glory of the Roman Empire.” They even opened a maritime academy in Italy, under Mussolini’s sponsorship, for the navy they hoped to build in their new Israeli state. “[T]he views and the political and social inclinations of the Revisionists,” an Italian magazine reported, “are absolutely in accordance with the fascist doctrine … as our students they will bring the Italian and fascist culture to Palestine.”
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https://prospect.org/world/2024-02-21-neglected-history-state-of-israel/