After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.
Decades after 1948, #Soviet propaganda would cast #Israel’s birth as a venture in #imperialism. But as the historian Jeffrey Herf’s 2022 book Israel’s Moment shows, it was #imperialists in Western governments who were most hostile to #Zionism, and anti-imperialists both in the Western left and #Communists and #socialists in both East and West who were most sympathetic.
"However, the "international" character of the #Zionist activities did not altogether suit the #British#imperialists. Anxious to seize #Palestine in order to safeguard British interests In the #MiddleEast, they decided to utilize the Zionist leaders for this purpose, luring them with the promise to establish a #Jewish State in Palestine."
In face of heavy military and political failures in both zones North & South Viet Nam, and the ever-stronger protest movement against the U.S. #WarOfAggression in Viet Nam by the peoples the world over, #UnitedStates included, #LBJohnson had to declare the limited bombings in North Viet Nam on March 31, 1968.
But let’s have a look at the real facts! The area still under bombing attacks is an important part of the DRVN extending from the 17th parallel to the 20th parallel over 300 kilometres long with 4,500,000 inhabitants. On this area the U.S. [#imperialists have enormously increased their #bombing raids more savage and fierce than ever before]