I might also add that a lot of the early Zionists supported Hitler in the beginning because they figured “Ah well, he’s gonna kick all the Jews out of Germany and they’ll come and settle in Palestine. It’ll be good for business.” An embarrassing little historical fact that’s been covered up.
Supported? Not even close. Many simply assumed that he would be just one more antisemitic ruler. There were Zionist Fascists in Italy, and Austria not Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Skorzeny
Skorzeny had also been spending time in Egypt. In 1952 the country had been taken over by General Mohammed Naguib. Skorzeny was sent to Egypt the following year by former General Reinhard Gehlen, who was now working for the CIA, to act as Naguib’s military advisor. Skorzeny recruited a staff made up of former SS officers to train the Egyptian army. Among these officers were SS General Wilhelm Farmbacher, Panzer General Oskar Munzel, Leopold Gleim, head of the Gestapo Department for Jewish Affairs in Poland, and Joachim Daemling, former chief of the Gestapo in Düsseldorf joined Skorzeny in Egypt. In addition to training the army, Skorzeny also trained Arab volunteers in commando tactics for possible use against British troops stationed in the Suez Canal zone. Several Palestinian refugees also received commando training, and Skorzeny planned their initial strikes into Israel via the Gaza Strip in 1953-1954. One of these Palestinians was Yasser Arafat.[15]