Editing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (section)

===Attitude towards Jews===
Before World War II, the RSS leaders admired [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]].<ref name="Atkins2004"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/hindu-nationalists-historical-links-nazism-fascism-214222|title=Hindu Nationalist's Historical Links to Nazism and Fascism|work=International Business Times|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518222130/http://www.ibtimes.com/hindu-nationalists-historical-links-nazism-fascism-214222|archive-date=18 May 2016|url-status=live|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> Golwalkar took inspiration from Adolf Hitler's ideology of racial purity.<ref>Gregory, Derek; Pred, Allan Richard (2007). ''Violent geographies: fear, terror, and political violence''. CRC Press. pp.{{nbsp}}158–159. {{ISBN|9780415951470}}. Retrieved 14 June 2010.</ref> However, the RSS's stance changed during the war; the organisation firmly supported the British war effort against Hitler and the [[Axis Powers]].<ref name="Bandyopadhya?a2004"/> The RSS leaders were supportive of the formation of Jewish State of Israel.<ref>{{cite report|last1=Quraiza|first1=Jai Banu|title=Hindu Pro-Zionism and Philo-Semitism|url=http://www.nhsf.org.uk/images/stories/HinduDharma/Interfaith/hinduzion.pdf|date=January 2004|page=84|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423090103/http://www.nhsf.org.uk/images/stories/HinduDharma/Interfaith/hinduzion.pdf|archive-date=23 April 2006|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> Golwalkar admired the Jews for maintaining their "religion, culture and language".<ref>{{cite book|title=Golwalkar's We or our nationhood defined: a critique |page=30 |publisher=Pharos Media & Pub. |year=2006 |author=Shamsul Islam}}</ref>