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Subject: Haganah and terrorists
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 01:44:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 01:44:00 1986
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Farzin Mokhtarian:
> (The) Haganah .... participated in the massacre at Deir Yassin of 254
> women, children and old men.

The massacre at Dir Yassin was carried out by the Irgun and Stern
forces in an attempt to outflank the Haganah, which considered Dir
Yassin a friendly village (check any military history of the Israeli War
of Independence). Jewish political leaders associated with the Haganah
uniformly condemned the Irgun-Stern murderers. The Hagah high command
issued an order for the arrest of the killers, but this order wasn't
carried out because Jerusalem, where they were located, was cut
off from the rest of Israel by the Arab siege. After the siege of
Jerusalem was lifted the terrorists took refuge on board Irgun ship
"Altalena", and probably died when the "Altalena" was sunk by Palmach
artillery. The sinking of the "Altalena" took place during a brief but
bloody civil conflict, between the Haganah and Palmach on one side, and
the Irgun and Stern on the other, following the end of the first part of
Israel's War of Independence in 1948.

				Adam Reed (ihnp4!npois!adam)