Israel began to be seen by its Arab neighbours as a national mutation of modern crusaders coming from the West to create a ‘Europe overseas.‘

Evidence

Mediterraneans or Crusaders? Israel Geopolitical Images Between East and West (EMUNI)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Is Israel repeating the Crusaders’ fatal mistake?; Israel is often compared to the Crusader kingdom as a settlement project of fanatical Europeans in the Muslim East. — Israel is often compared to the Crusader kingdom…; Israel increasingly resembles the Crusaders in both method — perpetual war — and aspirations. — Is Israel going the way of the Crusaders? (+3 more)

Related

• Israel increasingly resembles the Crusaders in both method — perpetual war — and aspirations. (similarity 0.85)
• Israel is often compared to the Crusader kingdom as a settlement project of fanatical Europeans in the Muslim East. (similarity 0.85)
• There are historical structural similarities between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the state of Israel worth scholarly comparison. (similarity 0.83)
• The Zionist-crusader analogy made by Arab scholars and writers and internalized by Israeli politicians has given rise to an Arab and Israeli ‘Crusader anxiety’. (similarity 0.81)
• Israeli identity is challenged by external historical narratives. (similarity 0.81)
• Discourse shaped by the contemporary Israel-Palestine conflict serves as a framework for modern historiography of the Crusades. (similarity 0.80)