Letter to new york times 1948

http://www.physics.harvard.edu/~wilson/NYTimes1948.html - letter signed by, amongst other, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Zellig Sabbettai Harris and 2 dozen prominent jewish figures at that time.


Source can be found at the end of the letter, but I do trust Harvard would not accept something false would stay as a part of Einsteins legacy if it was not true.


Searching for some of the names on google shows some of these people have further bio's easily accessable for us.


So what does this letter contain and why is it so "hidden" from public eye? Here are some quotes;


"Within the Jewish community they have preached an admixture of 
ultranationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority."

"The public avowals of Begin’s party are no guide whatever to its actual 

character.  Today they speak of freedom, democracy and anti-imperialism,
whereas until recently they openly preached the doctrine of the Fascist
state."

"Several Americans of national repute have lent their names to welcome 

his visit.  It is inconceivable that those who oppose fascism throughout
the world, if correctly informed as to Mr. Begin’s political record and
perspectives, could add their names and support to the movement he
represents."

More goodies can be found in the letter, but please note how unfriendly it is towards the zionist creation.

I feel I have to agree that israeli leaders really show signs of Jewish Supremacy ("racial supremacy") comparable to other supremacist groups like White Supremacy, Black Supremacy, Slavic Supremacy and so on. But it does not make it any better, actually much worse, as it can use it weapons to bolster and destroy the people getting presented as sub-humans. (for the religious; http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/leading-rabbi-encourages-idf-soldiers-to-use-palestinian-human-shields-1.320311, other examples are not hard to find)

So "ultranationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority." is for me especially important, they all signed this letter when they knew that these were the powerstructures this group played on. And that it was so important to let people know what these politicians are promoting.

Copy + paste from wikipedia;

Ultranationalism

Ultranationalism is a zealous nationalism that expresses extremist support for one's nationalist ideals. It is often characterized by authoritarianism, efforts toward reduction or stoppage of immigration, expulsion and or oppression of non-native populations within the nation or its territories, demagoguery of leadership, emotionalism, scapegoating outsiders in socioeconomic crisis, fomenting talk of presumed,real, or imagined enemies, predicating the existence of threats to the survival of the native,dominant or otherwise idealized national ethnicity or population group, instigation or extremist reaction to crack-down policies in law enforcement, efforts to limit international trade through tariffs, tight control over businesses and production, militarism, populism and propaganda. Prevelant ultranationalism typically leads to or is the result of conflict within a state, and or between states, and is identified as a condition of pre-war in national politics.^{[citation needed]} In its extremist forms ultranationalism is characterized as a call to war against enemies of the nation/state, secession or, in the case of ethnocentrist ultranationalism, genocide.^[37][38]

Fascism is a form of palingenetic ultranationalism^[39] that promotes "class collaboration" (as opposed to class war), a totalitarian state, and irredentism orexpansionism to unify and allow the growth of a nation. Fascists sometimes promote ethnic or cultural nationalism. Fascism stresses the subservience of the individual to the state, and the need to absolute and unquestioned loyalty to a strong ruler.^[40]"

So the definition of the word might have changed since 1948, however its hard to find any arguments that this was commented as a positive sign of a healthy ideology. I dont find it hard to accept that this is still being used on the israeli population and i dont think its hard to find hebrew sources to back it up as well.

more when i get the time