Another interesting comparison is the Israeli writer Abraham b

In its first reaction to the failed London bombings, the President of the United States said that his country "is at war with Islamic fascists." The term "Islamic fascism" is not an original contribution of George w. Bush political science. It is used for some time, even by the liberal left American intellectuals who speak often, in this context, of "Muslim totalitarianism". In Europe, these comparisons with phenomena of the past of the West are more frequent. An Italian journalist, of Egyptian origin, Magdi Allam, set the Iran of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a "nazi-Islamic regime".

In other cases, the author of the comparison prefer to choose a specific episode in the history. To better describe the appearance and State of soul of the young Israeli conscripts during military operations in the Lebanon, Bernard - Henri Lévy referred, in an article published by "The world" and the "Corriere della Sera", "the happy scramble of the battalions of young Republicans described, once again, by Malraux". The war of the Lebanon would therefore be a new Spanish civil war in which the European Democrats would have a duty to join the sides of Israel against the Muslim phalangisme.

Another French intellectual, Jacques Attali, recalled two episodes to better understanding March 1936 his view, the reaction missiles Soviets in Cuba in October 1962. In the first, democracies did nothing and thus prepared the war. This comparison recalls another: that by which Guy Mollet and Anthony Eden justified the Franco-British Suez operation after the nationalization of the canal. They were convinced that President Nasser was a new Hitler, and should not fall into the trap of a new Munich.

Another interesting comparison is the Israeli writer Abraham b. Jehoshua, observer sensitive and balanced the Palestinian question. In a recent article, he recalled that after the foundation of the Israeli State Prime Minister Ben-Gurion demanded the cessation of activity of Jewish paramilitary organizations and asked Menachem Begin, leader of the Irgun (armed nationalist Jewish organization, Editor's note), immediately deliver the weapons arrived by ship "altalena", which had cast anchor near Tel Aviv. Begin refused and Ben Gourion did not hesitate to bomb the ship. Why Palestinian President Abu Mazen has it not followed, for Hamas, the Ben Gourion example

Historians know that historical comparisons often hide anachronisms and false analogies. Those who refer to "Islamic fascism" it could recall that fascism was a model for the Baath party ideologues, but had no significant influence on the religious thought of the Muslim Brotherhood and Osama bin Laden. Bernard - Henri Lévy you might observe that the problem, in the Palestinian question, is not ideology, as in Spain, but the possession of the land. Jacques Attali you might respond that the concealment of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union at the time of the cold war cannot be compared to the use of conventional missiles by thousands of men on the Israeli border. And Abraham b. Jehoshua, finally, that Ben Gourion, when he gave the order to Begin to put an end to all military activity, had already reached his goal: the creation of the State of Israel. Even if he had the strength to give orders to Hamas, Abu Mazen, unfortunately, could not announce to his countrymen the existence of a Palestinian State.