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From: hijab@cad.UUCP (Raif Hijab)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Haganah and terrorists
Message-ID: <96@cad.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 12:19:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 12:19:47 1986
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In article <1389@mtuxo.UUCP>, hfavr@mtuxo.UUCP (a.reed) writes:
> 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
> 
> 				Adam Reed (ihnp4!npois!adam)

Natan Weinstock, in his book "Zionism, False Messiah" (Ink Links, 
London, 1979) writes (p.235),
	"This disgusting massacre took place in the very month when
	the Haganah had negotiated a cooperation agreement with the
	Irgun. Moreover, according to the Palestine Post (a Jewish
	paper) of April 13th 1948, the Palmach units 'provided 
	covering fire' during the mass murder of men, women and
	children at Deir Yassin."