How much truth is there in Ken Livingstone's (former Mayor of London) claim that prior to WWII, there was Nazi-Zionist collaboration?

by martharose4

I'm unsure if this is breaching the subreddit's rules regarding political/recent events, but Ken Livingstone has come under fire from the UK Labour Party for anti-Semitic views after making the link between Zionism and Nazism, claiming that Hitler was a Zionist. Here's an article from today with more details https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/30/ken-livingstone-repeats-claim-nazi-zionist-collaboration?CMP=fb_gu

Is what he is saying true?

thefourthmaninaboat

When Livingstone made similar comments nearly a year ago, such questions were very popular on the subreddit. /u/commiespaceinvader made a great post compiling and summarising the arguments here. Their conclusion was that "Whether you agree with Brenner and Livingstone about Zionism and Israel or not, their allegations do not come from a historically informed and well sourced place but from one of pure politics." I'd strongly recommend reading this post, and the posts linked within it for more information on the topic.