Israel From Terrorist Groups to State Terrorism-- Part 2
May 27, 1999 - 0:0
The following is the second part of an article titled Israel from Terrorist Groups to State Terrorism'. The article will appear in parts on this page every Thursday. The first part was published on May 13. Terrorist Tactics Used by Zionists in Confrontation Between Palestine and Israel: 1. Massacre of Palestinian men, women and children; 2. Assassination of members of Jewish community, individuals outside Palestine, and the UN officials; 3. Bombing of residential areas, non-military governmental organizations, foreign embassies outside Palestine, hospitals, markets, hotels, restaurants, ships and buses; 4. Hostage-taking and flogging the hostages to death; 5. Armed robbery of the banks and sending letter bombs; 6. Forcing the non-Zionist Jews out of the villages; 7. Confiscation of the refugees' properties; 8. Mass execution of the civilians; 9. Violent treatment of the prisoners of war; 10. Detention and hostage-taking of women and children.
Terrorist acts conducted by Hagana: July 1933: The first assassination related to the Palestinian issue occurred when Haim Arlosoroff was murdered by a rival Jewish group. The public believed that the assassination had been conducted by the Jewish revisionists. At the time of his assassination, Arlosoroff was the head of Political Department of the Jewish Agency. June 17, 1938: Three Arabs were found dead in Tel Aviv. The police arrested five members of the revisionist group who were supporting Jabotinsky. November 25, 1940: Britain had announced that the Jewish immigrants who illegally enter the Palestinian territory would not be granted the permission to reside in that country and that, during the war, they would be transferred to one of British colonies.
At the same time, according to the British political statement in 1939, Britain was ready to grant 75,000 Jews the entrance permit within the next five years. Entrance of more Jewish immigrants depended on approval by the Arabs. For some political reasons, the Jewish Agency decided to ignore the 1939 political statement issued by Britain in view of the immigration quota.
In November 1940, hundreds of Jews who had entered the Palestinian territory illegally were taken on board the ship Patria' to be sent to Mauritius during the war according to the 1939 political statement. The Jewish Agency, which had organized the illegal entrance of these immigrants to Palestine, took political advantage of the issue and conducted sabotage activities on the ship with 1,900 immigrants aboard.
The ship Patria', while leaving Haifa Port, was blown up on November 25, 1940. As a result, 140 Jewish immigrants were killed. The explosion had been planned by Hagana officers. February 24, 1942: The ship Stroma', carrying 769 illegal passengers to Palestine under the supervision of Hagana, arrived at Istanbul Port in Turkey in December, 1941. Following some weeks of negotiations, Britain only allowed the children to enter Palestine. Meanwhile, the Turkish officials ordered the ship to leave the port.
On February 24, 1942, the ship was exploded in the Black Sea, and all the passengers were killed. The only survivor of the explosion was a Hagana officer. The Jewish Agency immediately announced that the explosion was a mass suicide. February 20, 1947: The pipeline of Iraqi oil company was destroyed. The explosion occurred near Haifa. The former defense minister of the Zionist regime Moshe Dayan was one of those taking part in the operation.
December 19, 1947: The Jewish Agency ordered Hagana to attack an Arab village. Two houses were destroyed and ten Arabs, including five children, were killed during the attack. December 20, 1947: Hagana attacked the Arab village of Qazazeh for two hours. The house of the headman of the village Mokhtar was blown up by dynamite. January 5, 1948: Hagana claimed the responsibility for an explosion in Semiramis Hotel. 20 people, including the Spanish consul, were killed.
Hagana claimed that some of the hotel guests had cooperation with Arab groups. Further investigations by the government proved that the claim was baseless. January 30, 1948: Hagana exploded a house in Qatmoun, but the people rescued the residents. In another village of Yazour on the Yafa-Tel Aviv border, the Jews destroyed a house and killed its owner. February 8, 1948: Two Arabs were killed in Bait-ul-Moqaddas. Hagana claimed that 18 Arabs had been killed while they were crossing the Yafa-Tel Aviv border.
One Arab was killed and another injured in Yafa. March 13, 1948: Hagana attacked the Arab village of Kafar Hosseinieh and killed 60 people. Following the establishment of Hagana, which was aimed at helping the Zionists settle in Palestine, Jabotinsky in order to preserve his organization tried to infiltrate his forces into the British Disciplinary Organization on the pretext that there had to be some forces from the Zionists to defend them and that the British forces stationed in Palestine were not able to ensure the security of the Zionists. However, this demand was never fulfilled.
Betar (the military branch of Zionist revisionists) From 1923 to the time when the Israeli state was established in Palestine (1948), the activities of the Zionist revisionists were concentrated on their military branch. During the early years, the Brown-Shirt Men formed the main section of the revisionist organization. They acted under the title of Betar' organization and believed that military action was the only way to achieve their goals.
During the first conference held by Betar in Warsaw in January 1929, it was decided that the organization should be of totally military nature, and that its plans should be made on the basis of the seven principles proposed by Jabotinsky. The seven principles were as follows: 1. Formation of an Israeli empire on both sides of the Jordan River; 2. Legionism (formation of voluntary military forces); 3. Strict discipline; 4. Strengthening of the tribal honor; 5. Mobilizing the forces; 6. Hebrew language; 7. Monism (avoiding intermixture).
During the conference, Jabotinsky announced that Zionism should not be associated with socialism, religion and any other ideology. Betar had a close relationship with Italy's Fascism, so that in 1934 some of the members of Betar, the military branch of the Zionist revisionist organization, were trained in Italy in Naval forces training college by Black-Shirt men. Terrorist Operations of Irgun: Irgun was among the first Zionist terrorist groups which systematically attacked the transportation facilities.
Irgun leader Menachem Begin, regarding the role of Gedeon who was in charge of planning the operations, said, "Gedeon has invented the Contact Mine' for sabotage activities in railways. There is not any possibility to neutralize the activities. Anyone who tries to foil the plans will lose his life due to ignoring our warnings. The small cabin controlling railways can pass over the mine without any accidents, but when the train passes over it, it will be thrown up due to the explosion of the mine.
Once, we destroyed almost all the railways across the country through these mines." June 2, 1939: Irgun exploded the watermelon market in Bait-ul-Moqaddas. Five were killed and 19 injured. February 12, 26, 1944: Irgun was found responsible for the bombing of immigration offices in Bait-ul-Moqaddas, Tel Aviv and Haifa. February 25, 1944: Two British police officers were shot dead by Irgun. (To Be Continued)
Terrorist acts conducted by Hagana: July 1933: The first assassination related to the Palestinian issue occurred when Haim Arlosoroff was murdered by a rival Jewish group. The public believed that the assassination had been conducted by the Jewish revisionists. At the time of his assassination, Arlosoroff was the head of Political Department of the Jewish Agency. June 17, 1938: Three Arabs were found dead in Tel Aviv. The police arrested five members of the revisionist group who were supporting Jabotinsky. November 25, 1940: Britain had announced that the Jewish immigrants who illegally enter the Palestinian territory would not be granted the permission to reside in that country and that, during the war, they would be transferred to one of British colonies.
At the same time, according to the British political statement in 1939, Britain was ready to grant 75,000 Jews the entrance permit within the next five years. Entrance of more Jewish immigrants depended on approval by the Arabs. For some political reasons, the Jewish Agency decided to ignore the 1939 political statement issued by Britain in view of the immigration quota.
In November 1940, hundreds of Jews who had entered the Palestinian territory illegally were taken on board the ship Patria' to be sent to Mauritius during the war according to the 1939 political statement. The Jewish Agency, which had organized the illegal entrance of these immigrants to Palestine, took political advantage of the issue and conducted sabotage activities on the ship with 1,900 immigrants aboard.
The ship Patria', while leaving Haifa Port, was blown up on November 25, 1940. As a result, 140 Jewish immigrants were killed. The explosion had been planned by Hagana officers. February 24, 1942: The ship Stroma', carrying 769 illegal passengers to Palestine under the supervision of Hagana, arrived at Istanbul Port in Turkey in December, 1941. Following some weeks of negotiations, Britain only allowed the children to enter Palestine. Meanwhile, the Turkish officials ordered the ship to leave the port.
On February 24, 1942, the ship was exploded in the Black Sea, and all the passengers were killed. The only survivor of the explosion was a Hagana officer. The Jewish Agency immediately announced that the explosion was a mass suicide. February 20, 1947: The pipeline of Iraqi oil company was destroyed. The explosion occurred near Haifa. The former defense minister of the Zionist regime Moshe Dayan was one of those taking part in the operation.
December 19, 1947: The Jewish Agency ordered Hagana to attack an Arab village. Two houses were destroyed and ten Arabs, including five children, were killed during the attack. December 20, 1947: Hagana attacked the Arab village of Qazazeh for two hours. The house of the headman of the village Mokhtar was blown up by dynamite. January 5, 1948: Hagana claimed the responsibility for an explosion in Semiramis Hotel. 20 people, including the Spanish consul, were killed.
Hagana claimed that some of the hotel guests had cooperation with Arab groups. Further investigations by the government proved that the claim was baseless. January 30, 1948: Hagana exploded a house in Qatmoun, but the people rescued the residents. In another village of Yazour on the Yafa-Tel Aviv border, the Jews destroyed a house and killed its owner. February 8, 1948: Two Arabs were killed in Bait-ul-Moqaddas. Hagana claimed that 18 Arabs had been killed while they were crossing the Yafa-Tel Aviv border.
One Arab was killed and another injured in Yafa. March 13, 1948: Hagana attacked the Arab village of Kafar Hosseinieh and killed 60 people. Following the establishment of Hagana, which was aimed at helping the Zionists settle in Palestine, Jabotinsky in order to preserve his organization tried to infiltrate his forces into the British Disciplinary Organization on the pretext that there had to be some forces from the Zionists to defend them and that the British forces stationed in Palestine were not able to ensure the security of the Zionists. However, this demand was never fulfilled.
Betar (the military branch of Zionist revisionists) From 1923 to the time when the Israeli state was established in Palestine (1948), the activities of the Zionist revisionists were concentrated on their military branch. During the early years, the Brown-Shirt Men formed the main section of the revisionist organization. They acted under the title of Betar' organization and believed that military action was the only way to achieve their goals.
During the first conference held by Betar in Warsaw in January 1929, it was decided that the organization should be of totally military nature, and that its plans should be made on the basis of the seven principles proposed by Jabotinsky. The seven principles were as follows: 1. Formation of an Israeli empire on both sides of the Jordan River; 2. Legionism (formation of voluntary military forces); 3. Strict discipline; 4. Strengthening of the tribal honor; 5. Mobilizing the forces; 6. Hebrew language; 7. Monism (avoiding intermixture).
During the conference, Jabotinsky announced that Zionism should not be associated with socialism, religion and any other ideology. Betar had a close relationship with Italy's Fascism, so that in 1934 some of the members of Betar, the military branch of the Zionist revisionist organization, were trained in Italy in Naval forces training college by Black-Shirt men. Terrorist Operations of Irgun: Irgun was among the first Zionist terrorist groups which systematically attacked the transportation facilities.
Irgun leader Menachem Begin, regarding the role of Gedeon who was in charge of planning the operations, said, "Gedeon has invented the Contact Mine' for sabotage activities in railways. There is not any possibility to neutralize the activities. Anyone who tries to foil the plans will lose his life due to ignoring our warnings. The small cabin controlling railways can pass over the mine without any accidents, but when the train passes over it, it will be thrown up due to the explosion of the mine.
Once, we destroyed almost all the railways across the country through these mines." June 2, 1939: Irgun exploded the watermelon market in Bait-ul-Moqaddas. Five were killed and 19 injured. February 12, 26, 1944: Irgun was found responsible for the bombing of immigration offices in Bait-ul-Moqaddas, Tel Aviv and Haifa. February 25, 1944: Two British police officers were shot dead by Irgun. (To Be Continued)