Truman should have listened to his joint chiefs of staff about creating the state of Israel. It was a bad idea from the start.
Israel Shahak warned that the Talmudic Judaism is totalitarian religion where rabbinical law governs every aspect of Jewish behaviour in Israel. Yes they are liberal socially but still very much dangerous extremists that have a lobby in congress and a bunch of nukes.
And any attempts by Western analysts to explain contemporary Israeli politics in purely secular terms such as imperialism are fundamentally flawed.
You can’t discuss the ME fundamentalism with out discussing the zionists and their views. It’s very central to understanding the radicalization of the islamic political body.
