In a world of strong partisans, it is interesting to note that Palestine Jews also wear shirts of different huse to indicate their political affiliations.
The Socialists wear blue shirts, disdaining red as being too radical a color. The Histadrut members wore blue shirts long before General O’Duffy adopted them as the uniform of his militants in the Irish Free State. The Jewish Labor dress in this land, particularly in the hot summer, consists of blue polo shirts, open at the neck and with short sleeves, khaki hiking shorts, golf stockings and low out shoes.
The Revisionists wear brown shirts. They claim they used this color before Hitler thought of it for his legions.
Sports organizations, like the Maccabees, affect white with a dash of pale blue to indicate their Zionist spirit.
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