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Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/what-ukraine-has-taught-europe-about-the-need-for-nationalism/
Nationalism Can Be the Historical Bearer of Freedom
(JNS) Fiamma Nirenstein - Witnessing the Ukraine war from Israel, a country perpetually at war - and one, like any democracy, which abhors war - is instructive. Small nations tied to their history, culture and origins possess extraordinary strength of resistance. European culture, for which nationalism had been muddied by the Nazi-fascist past, must understand that the nation-state is not only necessary; it's the historical bearer of freedom. Indeed, the evils mistakenly attributed to nationalism are actually those of imperialism. Human beings are born free and fight for the freedom of their national collective. Israel wouldn't survive a day if it didn't know how to stick together in need, fight, win wars and cultivate valor. The writer, former vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.