The red-green alliance: From the Hebron massacre to Oct. 7
Ninety-seven years ago, on Aug. 24, 1929, armed Arabs carrying knives, axes and iron bars broke into Jewish homes in Hebron. Within two hours, 66 Jews were slaughtered, the vast majority of them defenseless.Two- and 3-year-old children, young girls and yeshivah students endured unimaginable horrors: Heads were severed, throats were slit, women were raped in front of their family members, eyes were gouged out, and hands were chopped off. Ben-Zion Gershon, a pharmacist who had devotedly treated Arab residents for decades and saved hundreds of them, was brutally tortured before being murdered, along with his family members. At the Slonim house, 22 souls were massacred, and infants like 1-year-old Shlomo and 2-year-old Menachem Segal met their deaths with horrifying cruelty that can still be read about online.The incitement came directly from Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who spread lies about Jewish “theft” of the Western Wall, and then…
The article discusses the historical and contemporary alliance between radical left-wing ideologies and Islamic jihad, termed the "red-green alliance," focusing on its impact on antisemitism. It traces this alliance back to the 1929 Hebron massacre, where 66 Jews were brutally murdered following incitement by Haj Amin al-Husseini. The article notes that Marxists and the Soviet Comintern celebrated these pogroms, viewing them as part of a revolutionary movement. It highlights that modern socialist organizations have adopted the narrative of Islamic jihad, reframing religious violence as "social justice" and "resistance to oppression." This alliance has resurfaced prominently since the October 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel, with segments of the progressive left in Western universities justifying Hamas's actions as an "anti-colonial struggle." The article concludes that this symbiosis, where radical socialism provides theoretical justification and Islamism provides execution, continues to demonize Israel and undermine the Jewish people's right to security.
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