The Dark History of "Left-Wing" Zionism
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as a source in Israel-Palestine threads for the claim that labor Zionist groups drove the Nakba.
What it is
A long-form video essay on the history of labor or 'left-wing' Zionism, drawing on historians of Palestine and Zionism to argue it played a role in dispossessing Palestinians.
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Cites kelthuzad · 2024-05 · on “Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices”
You can disagree all you want, some people even disagree on if the holocaust happened but no one takes them seriously. The history of Zionism and its goal to colonize Palestine (long before the holocaust even happened) and their ruthless methods of colonization are thoroughly documented[0][1]. [0] [LINK] [1] The History of "Socialist" Zionism | Leftist Zionists did the Nakba & founded Israel [this video]
Cites jedimind · 2024-10 · on “Using drones to terrorize a city [video]”
When he writes "In the Palestine Mandate, Jews and Palestinians got along just fine" he clearly means that the centuries of peaceful co-existence before the arrival of Zionists are evidence that Zionism was and still is the root cause of hostilities and violence. That event which you referenced didn't happen in a vacuum since at that point Zionist colonization[1] was already in full force for decades and was systematically discriminating against the native Palestinians and trying to dispossess them deploying various strategies outlined in Jabotinsky's writings. "The Irgun has been viewed as a terrorist organization or organization which carried out terrorist acts. The Irgun policy was based
Cites kalberg6429 · 2025-09 · on “Count Folke Bernadotte: Sweden's Servant of Peace (2010)”
The expected Zionist modus operandi, whitewash Zionist crimes, then blame the victim for responding. Your "socialist" argument is a weak attempt to hide behind a political label. It doesn't matter what they called themselves. The "socialist"[1] Haganah and Palmach were the main engines of the Nakba. The distinction between them and the Irgun was a public relations strategy, a "good cop, bad cop" routine for the same unified colonial project of dispossessing Palestinians. The Altalena was a colonizing force consolidating its monopoly on violence to better oppress and dispossess the Palestinians. You cannot compare that to a occupied population struggling under a foreign military boot. Palesti