• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yes but he also helped in the fight against Germans in both World Wars. Mixed Bag.

    Although if anybody is questioning if he perhaps had good intentions at the time, the answer is definitely not because the land had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years until they allied with Germany in WWI, after which it became a British Occupied Territory. Meaning there was never any claim that Israel had over the lands justifying the removal of Palestinians. It was bad from the start.

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      22 hours ago

      I wouldn’t put WW1 Germans and WW2 Germans in the same category. Yes, there was a good amount of nationalism in WW1 Germany, but they were hardly special in that regard.

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        16 hours ago

        Many WWI Germans fought in WWII. They were more of a monarchy leading them to war instead of dictatorship but that’s po-tay-toes po-tah-toes.

        Plus, I refuse to believe Chaim was active during the entirety of WWII and didn’t help against the Nazis. Idk specifically where he was or what he was doing but its a bit farfetched to think he hid under a rock and immediately became prominent upon his return.