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German neo-Nazis: We're pro-Israel, condemn anti-Semitism
By Ofer Aderet, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Nazis, Zionism, Germany 

Nazis against anti-Semitism? As bizarre as that sounds, a group of Germans which calls itself "National Socialists For Israel" launched its Web site in support of Israel.

"Stop the hatred of the Jewish people," the Web site reads. "The Jews are a healthy, strong nation."

The organization - whose members have yet to reveal themselves to the public - claims that Israel's right to exist is anchored in the principles of social Darwinism, the same principles which the Nazis adopted prior to the Second World War.
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"Israel earned the right to live among the nations [after emerging] from unending wars," the group writes on the site. "Israel also has a right to exist. This nation also has culture... The nation of Israel is appreciated... It is our duty, as neo-Nazis, to defend this supreme success. Not just for the German people and the European cultural sphere, but also, especially, for Israel."

As such, "Nazis for Israel" also leveled criticism at their colleagues in the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD), calling them "politicos, cowards, and reactionaries."

"Show us proof of a Jewish plot to dominate the world," they wrote in a rare manifesto which was posted on their Web site.

These unusual statements on the internet compliment the group's other public campaigns, including the dissemination of bumper stickers. One of the stickers features a picture of Reinhard Heydrich, the senior Nazi official who chaired the Wansee Conference where the Final Solution was hatched. Underneath the photo reads: "As a Nazi, I'm a Zionist."

Another sticker shows a photo of Israel Defense Forces soldiers during the Second Lebanon War under the heading: "2,000 years of struggling to survive - respect to those worthy of it."

In terms of the group's attitude towards the Holocaust, the organization says: "We must view what is referred to as 'the Holocaust' within the context of acts of self-defense undertaken by nations under threat." It added, however, "that there is no justification for it." Instead, the Nazis ought to have supported the Zionist cause, the group states.

The group claims it held its first meeting of activists in Berlin last month. It said the meeting touched on issues ranging from "solidarity with Israel, anti-Semitism, capitalism, and Islam."

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      3.   new supporters 22:23  |  Alex 04/06/08
      4.   This is not surprising at all...... 22:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/06/08
      5.   I do not think Israel should be happy with friends like this 22:31  |  Mark B. 04/06/08
      6.   THIS IS TOOOOO FUNNY! 22:33  |  NYC JEW 04/06/08
      7.   Why Don`t Germans... 22:35  |  Yosemite 04/06/08
      8.   German Neo Nazis...Stop your Anti Jewish Activities.... 22:37  |  Ali 04/06/08
      9.   Israel gets support from the "right-wing" fringe...... 22:37  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/06/08
      10.   As clever as their predecessors 22:44  |  Peter 04/06/08
      11.   Neo-Nazis 22:56  |  usher buchwalter 04/06/08
      12.   I THINK EUROPE IS WAKING UP TO ISLAM! 22:59  |  miras 04/06/08
      13.   We don`t need Nazis as friends 22:59  |  Gee 04/06/08
      14.   They Can`t Save The Swastika 23:03  |  Yosemite 04/06/08
      15.   Message #2 of Tova 23:12  |  Observation 04/06/08
      16.   #7, Dino 23:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/06/08
      17.   Israelis support 23:25  |  david 04/06/08
      18.   Disinformation 23:36  |  Amos 04/06/08
      19.   Swiss...everyone who supports Israel 23:41  |  Lynn 04/06/08
      20.   Waking up to reality 00:02  |  Realist 05/06/08
      21.   Bound to Happen 00:25  |  Slibovitz 05/06/08
      22.   happy Jew 00:25  |  erich 05/06/08
      23.   # 8 Cipora, I`m afraid you are confounding..... 00:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/06/08
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      25.   # 17 Lynn 00:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/06/08
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      27.   Old Stones (from Dostoevsky) 01:05  |  Chengiz Haim Khan 05/06/08
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      29.   Number 20 01:20  |  usher buchwalter 05/06/08
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