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Storied New York food co-op votes to boycott Israeli products after contentious campaign
(www.theguardian.com)
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Yes, that’s true. After World War II, the Nazis—especially those in powerful economic circles—were unfortunately never held accountable for their crimes, and so even in today’s Germany, there are still a whole lot of die-hard Nazis in positions of power.
It may well be that these monsters continue to hatch anti-Semitic plans, and it is undeniable that there are numerous racists not only among the elites.
Nevertheless, I believe that Germany’s continued support for Israel’s atrocities is more due to the fact that the regime there shares their main values: In the original sense of the word, as coined by Mussolini, they are indeed also fascists, even if their religion, due to the racially based ideology of Nazism, should not allow for cooperation with die-hard Nazis.
I think this point demonstrates that these people actually have no values other than the pursuit of their own advantage.
In Germany, it seems to me that the situation is similar to that in the US: There are also numerous Nazis in the MAGA movement, yet even they act contrary to their own twisted ideology by allying themselves with Israel.
It may well be that they do this because they are pursuing some kind of long-term, anti-Semitic master plan. However, I consider it more likely that they simply do it because it is advantageous for them.
In short: I think that, contrary to their own propaganda, the utterly unscrupulous don’t really care at all what religion someone has or what their skin color is. What seems central to these people is simply that their allies are just as willing to walk over dead bodies as they are. And Israel definitely does that, and it also fits well into these monsters’ worldview: Israel, too, pursues deeply racist plans and denies entire peoples the right to live—I think that is the connecting element.
The way I see it, religion, ideology, and so on are always just a means to an end for these people. They are, above all, opportunists whose defining trait is their ruthless inhumanity—and in this respect, fascists of all stripes are the same.
Well, Israel is really a White Supremacist project (as amply demonstrated by how they treat Black Jews that come from Ethiopia - if it was really about Jewish Supremacy, they wouldn't be doing things like covertly sterelizing Black Jews), so it makes sense that other White Supremacists just love it, which does align with your idea more than with mine.
That also explains why the Far-Right all over Europe are so friendly towards Israel, with hilarious situations like the guy for the Lega Nord in Italy who more than once openly voiced anti-semitism being invited to and welcomed in Israel.
Food for thought.