A letter comparing the political entity that formed #Israel to the #nazis was written to the editors of the New York Times Dec. 2, 1948 – only months after the Declaration of the establishment of the state of Israel.

The letter was signed by Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Sidney Hook, Jessurun Cardozo, Zellig Harris, Bruria Kaufman, Irma Lindheim, Seymour Melman, Fritz Rohrlich, Stefan Wolpe, and others.

https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYorkTimes.December41948/mode/2up

"Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in #Palestine."