Nasser was a Communist.
Who could blame them? In contrast, the onus is on the Arabs, how about 200 [https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1967/10/26/01/article/42 still 1967] Nazis in Egypt to work against Jews’ lives. Read that number again.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/07/hitler-s-henchmen-in-arabia.html
What made the relationship between these former Nazis and the Egyptians and Syrians so successful was that it was a genuinely two-way deal. The Arabs offered the Nazis a haven, as well as a market for all their nefarious dealings in arms and black market currency. The Nazis, meanwhile, were able to provide technical and military experts, as well as the knowhow of establishing the instruments of repression.
However, below the back scratching lay a deep and dark underpinning to the relationship between the crescent and the swastika. That was, of course, a hatred of the Jews, and in particular, a desire to see the eradication of Israel.
If, in the end, they both ended up dead, who cares?
“Our Germans are better than their Germans”