> Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our time is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the "Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a poli

> Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our time is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the "Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and folllowing of "the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing,«£hauvinifit organization In Palestine. Background: > Herut (Hebrew: חֵרוּת, lit. 'Freedom') was the major conservative nationalist[1] political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. ... Revisionist Zionism is a form of Zionism which is characterized by territorial maximalism. Revisionist Zionism promoted expansionism and the establishment of a Jewish majority on both sides of the Jordan River.