Letter to NYT in 1948 from Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt & 26 Others warning that Menachem Begin’s “Freedom Party” was similar to the Nazi and Fascist Parties
Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine.
