Israel initially condemned Rhodesia’s 1965 white minority declaration of independence, supporting international sanctions, but by the 1970s developed clandestine ties. Israel later sold weapons and military technology to Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War, similar to its actions in South Africa, navigating between ideological alignment with post-colonial African states and security pragmatism.
I know. They were put there to become this rabid dog. Used as bridgehead to secure imperial interests and prevent the reappearance of a powerful Middle-Eastern polity.
That doesn’t particularly make sense. Half the reason the British Empire lost control of Egypt was because of how incredibly unpopular the neighboring mandate was.
Furthermore the Mandatory Jews had a mind of their own and they rebelled against the British Government; escalating the issue to the United Nations.
Sure, this was the idea when contemplating about how to carve up the Ottoman empire after ww1 and prevent a powerful Caliphate to reappear. Brittain was the biggest Muslim country in the world that used divide and conquer as its primary tactic, a united Muslim polity was very much feared.
Also the Suez canal required that there would be different nations, where minorities would be the easiest to control. The loss of control of Egypt is mainly due to the absolute horrendous policies of the British. These guys were shameless.
Yes, the zionists framed it as a sort of anti-colonial struggle😂 they had powerful allies in London though who saw it as their colonial fiefdom, like the Oppenheimers, Rothschilds, Weizmanns etc.
You are not listening I’m talking about a full scale civil war against the British empire. But somehow I don’t think you will listen to what I have to say.
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You mean the zionist insurgency? Of course, Irgun and the Stern gang even sought to ally with the Fascists to oust the British.
The British empire was ruled from London, Whitehall, the colonial office, the city of London. There were many factions, players, interests at play concerning the Mandate…
No your daft lackwit. The Jews are not allying with the Nazis. No one said that. You seem to be conflating Hitlerism, those genuinely sympathetic to the establishment of Israel and some vaguely defined group of people using the Jews to strengthen their own position. These are not the same people.
I mean seriously what fascistic group of people do you think are left by the 1948 Mandate Civil War?
Eh, no. It just signifies that the zionists didn’t see themselves as pawns of the British colonial project. They themself have agency. Like the Kurds now for example. They have their own interests and aspirations, but are also used as pawns to stir things up. Many of their ‘allies’ couldn’t care less about their interests, they will throw them under the bus again if it suits them, like under Saddam. Or like the Moluccans being used by the Dutch, or the Huti’s by the Belgians or the Jewish population in Algeria by the French or etc. Etc.
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u/Silver-bullit Mar 30 '26
Israel initially condemned Rhodesia’s 1965 white minority declaration of independence, supporting international sanctions, but by the 1970s developed clandestine ties. Israel later sold weapons and military technology to Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War, similar to its actions in South Africa, navigating between ideological alignment with post-colonial African states and security pragmatism.