The Betar Movement

Historical Development, Political Influence, and Contemporary Role in Zionist Strategy

Morning Comrades.

A deep dive, if you well, and feel free to file this one under “the more you know” and “know your enemy”, which will probably put me on several more government shit lists, but so be it. While we can, we will.

Over the last couple of weeks, a name of an organsation in relation to the increasing fascist operations of European but especially the US governments relation to Pro-Palestinian Movements kept appearing on my radar and I didn’t know all that much about it. I figured taking a week off work was a good opportunity to dig in a little and here we are.

The name of organisation is Betar and one of the many headlines that caught my attention was this, as an example:

I felt pretty clued up about orgs such AIPAC and their relation / influence on US politics but Betar had escaped my attention to this point. With that, an introduction, so to say.

The Betar Movement, short for Brit Yosef Trumpeldor, occupies a unique and powerful position in the ideological evolution of modern Zionism. Founded in 1923 amidst the rise of nationalism and anti-Semitism in interwar Europe, Betar was the youth arm of the Revisionist Zionist movement, a political current that advocated for Jewish statehood through strength, military preparedness, and unapologetic nationalism. The ideas seeded by Betar have profoundly influenced the trajectory of Israeli politics, particularly through the rise of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanjahu’s party. In addition, Betar’s ideological network remains tied to pro-Israel lobbying in the diaspora and continues to inform the push for Jewish settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories.

From the current Betar Website

Let’s dig into their origins, ideology, influence and roles in the Zionist Movement.