AH Challenge: Communist Israel

Keenir

Banned
Well, it certainly beats this:

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well, that just means that the American Jews will have company during the McCarthy Trials - the Rainbow Coalition, in addition to all the suspected Commies.
 
I'll grant you that. but how would American Jewry be seen by their countrymen?

OTL Polish diaspora wasn't specifically targeted for persecution due to Poland being Soviet puppet state. OTL Baltic and Armenian communities weren't specifically targeted for persecution due to Baltics and Armenia being constituent Soviet republics (OK, most of Baltic emigres were SS vets, which sort of sealed their anti-Russian and anti-Soviet credentials, but Armenians didn't have this kind of beef with USSR and were very hostile to NATO member Turkey). I don't see why it should be different for Jewish community.
 

Hendryk

Banned
Really unlikely. Israel was founded as a homeland for Jews and their religion, and so Israelis probably will not want to embrace a philosphy that is against religion.
Most first-generation Zionists cared little for religion, they wanted a homeland for Jews in the ethnic sense of the word. Obviously they wouldn't implement Soviet-style state-sponsored atheism, but I don't think they'd have any more of a problem with the rest of the Communist agenda than any other given population.
 
Arabs control the country in 1948, beating the Israelis, and a communist revolution pushes them back out. The Soviets no longer support the Arab countries, happy with the spread of communism, and ensure Israel's suvival.


In 48, the arab countries were supported by Uk and Israel by soviets and their proxy, IOTL.
 

Hashasheen

Banned
Economically? OTL Czech Republic on steroids (somewhere in between OTL $22K per capita Czech GDP and $28K per capita Israeli GDP). Politically? There could be an attempt by Arabs (ITTL ruled by very backward Islamist regimes, puppets of USA) to "get even" (there wouldn't be 1956, 1967, 1973 wars ITTL, USSR wasn't in the mood to let anyone f...ck with their clients), but results would be rather unappetizing for Arabs (as bad as Taliban trying to f...ck with Northern Alliance IOTL, or worse). That is, if Russia wouldn't provide nuclear protection guarantee. Internal conflict between Arab minority and Jewish majority is possible, with disastrous results for Arabs (see Karabakh).

P.S. Once I think about it, I consider Arab war against Israel post-1991 ASB. American Jewry would be less than amused about "Mohameddan tribes" killing their relatives.

I'm thinking more on royal regimes in Jordan, Iraq, Saudi, and Iran...
 
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