Fascism is an authoritarian type of government that focuses primarily on nationalism and using violence as necessary. Fascist ideals started to pop up during World War I in Italy, and were for the most part welcomed by the people of Italy, who were tired of their poor economic condition and inability to immigrate elsewhere. Fascism generally demotes single-minded thoughts such as materialism and individualism, promoting a more unified state of mind. Rather than peaceful control, Fascism supports violence as a major method of political control. Benito Mussolini, one of the original creators of fascism, promoted it as a government that would use violence when it found it to be necessary, and create a social order based on race. The modern day view in the Middle East of Israel and its allies such as Hosni Mubarak is that of a Fascist coalition against Palestinian supporters. They say that the U.S. and Israel have made allies in Egypt and Tunisia creating a Fascist rule of the area. Their claims are supported by the fact that the old president of Egypt, Mubarak, did not allow aid caravans with supplies to the Gaza strip for the Palestinians there. Fascism is apparent in many societies today, although not so prominently as it has been in the past.

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Fascism-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

What is Fascism? Some General Ideological Features-http://www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html

Zionist leaders: Yes to Jewish fascism, no to Islamic democracy- http://www.ptimes.org/main/default.aspx?xyz=BOgLkxlDHteZpYqykRlUuI1kx%2FVDUOFo2HSeCyO1KrsuC%2FuRhcZLbS1C69lg33XEnXJIUObXlusMy8GiwDAf1XiWyZIEOMe8s14sz7P2FWbTJGpm5rkFlKk9NSG92UjemwBoGtBzKnY%3D