(1924) Jacob Israel De Haan assassination - Poet, Jacob Israel de Haan was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1924 by Haganah for his proactive anti-Zionist political lobbying and negotiations with Arab and British leaders.
(1936) Arab Revolt - During the Arab revolt of 1936 the British fought Palestinian rebels with the help of Jewish auxiliary police 6,000, while aid from the Zionist Militia Irgun, who had ceased anti British activity to bomb Palestinian buildings and raise villages.
After the conflict, the British confiscated 13,200 firearms from the Arabs and 521 weapons from Jews—this didn't matter for them though, as, unlike the Palestinians, they still had weapons coming in from the mafia and American billionaires. This is how they were able to slaughter Palestinians during the Nakba.
SS Patria - In 1940, the ships Milos, Pacific and Atlantic carried 3,600 Jewish refugees from Romania, arriving in British Palestine with 1,771. Lacking entry permits, the refugees were transferred to the SS Patria, which was to deport them to Mauritius. To prevent the ship from leaving, Jewish, terrorist cell Haganah sank it with a bomb, killing 282, 50 of which were British crew. Survivors were saved by British security members and boats from Palestinian port workers.
The bombing was authorized by future Israeli PM, Moshe Sharett, who led the Political Department of the Jewish Agency in the temporary absence of future PM David Ben-Gurion. Haganah's involvement was disclosed in 1957 from the memoirs of Munya Mardor, who planted the bomb.
Though Munya claimed that there was no intention to sink the ship, this is unlikely given that half a kilogram of explosives would have sufficed to damage the its engine, where as they placed twice as much on the border of the engine room's hull, blowing a 6 meter hole in the ship's starboard side, causing it to sink. It is also known that the terrorist cell, Irgun had planned to hit the ship with a torpedo. (𓃠)
(1944) Assassination of Lord Moyne - Lord Moyne was the British Minister of State in the Middle East. In 1944, he was gunned down by two members of Lehi, for the British government's restriction on Jewish immigration to Palestine.
The assassination was plotted by future Israeli PM, Yitzhak Shamir.
(1946) King David Hotel Bombing - Under orders from future PM, Manachem Begin, Irgun bombed the British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine in the King David Hotel, killing 91 people. The attack was surpassed by the Oklahoma city bombing in 1995.
1946 British Embassy bombing - In 1946, Irgun bombed the British Embassy in Rome, injuring two people.
(1947) The Sergeants affair - When three Irgun militants were set to be executed, Irgun kidnapped two British army sergeants and threatened to hang them, which they did, with their bodies being booby trapped, injuring a British officer.
(1947) Haifa Oil Refinery massacre - In 1947, Irgun drove past a crowd of about 100 Arab day-laborers waiting in line at a bus stop outside the main gate of the British-owned Haifa Oil Refinery and threw multiple grenades into the crowd. The initial grenade attack killed six Arab workers and wounded 42 others.
(1947) Lehi truck bombing - In 1947, Lehi bombed the British police station in Haifa, killing 4 and injuring 142.
Colonial Club bombing - In 1947, Lehi bombed the British Colonial Club, a London recreational facility for soldiers and students.
(1947) Pan Crescent bombing - The Pan Crescent was a ship which was part of a duo with the Pan York, carrying 15,000 illegal Jewish immigrants. It stopped in Venice where there was an explosion.
(1947) HMS Ajax and Empire Rival attempt - The SS Exodus was a ship carrying illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine. It was intercepted by the British HMS Ajax and returned to Haifa, with the refugees deported back to Europe. In 1951, plans were revealed to David Balfour by the first director of the Mossad, Rovin Shylo, in a report signed by Menachem Begin, for Haganah's naval unit, the Palyam, to sabotage HMS Ajax. A homemade bomb was also found aboard Empire Rival.
Harry Truman (attempt) - In 1947, the UN was gearing up to vote on their plan for the partition of Palestine. Harry Truman was trying to strike a diplomatic balance to prevent war with the Soviets or American military involvement in the Middle East.
Truman: ''I don't think I ever had as much pressure and propaganda aimed at the White House as I had in this instance. The persistence of a few of the extreme Zionist leaders actuated by political motives and engaging in political threats disturbed and annoyed me.''
According to President Truman's daughter, who published a biography of her father in 1947, the Zionist terrorist group Lehi, (Stern Gang) had mailed President Truman a series of letter bombs rigged to explode when opened. The Secret Service diffused them and the entire event was covered up.
(1948) Assassination of Count Bernadotte - During the Palestine War, the UN appointed Folke Bernadotte as the UN mediator in Palestine. In September, he outlined his proposal of a single union between Palestine and Jordan, with two sovereign members, one Jewish and one Arab, allowing Palestinians to return to their homes.
While driving through Jeruselum, Bernadotte was assassinated by four Lehi operatives. Future PM, Yitzhak Shamir and other Lehi leaders were jailed by the Israeli government after the assassination, but were eventually pardoned.
The Nakba
The Nakba (1948– ) - The Nakba means the catastrophe in Arabic. 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by Irgun and Hagenah with former Lehi members who had joined their ranks, under the orders of Jewish Agency leader and future PM, David Ben-Gurion, orchestrated in Plan Dalet.
Between 1949 and 1956, around 15,000 Palestinians were murdered or died from exposure after being expelled from their homes, 1000 of which were killed in 1949 when they tried to return; $780B was stolen in land, property, and wealth left behind.
According to Israeli historian (((Benny Morris))), Zionist forces perpetrated 24 massacres throughout their campaign of terror.
There's a foundational Israeli myth that Arab broadcasts instructed Palestinians to leave their homes before the Arab Army's invasion. In reality, CIA and even Israeli records prove otherwise, as the Haganah intelligence service was reporting: ''every Arab leaving the country is regarded as a traitor and would be put on trial in Syria everyone wishing to leave the country had to obtain permission from the Arab National Committee in Haifa.''
Lydde Death March - The Lydde Death March was the forced expulsion of approximately 50.000 to 70.000 Palestinian residents from the cities of Lydde (now Lod) and Ramla over several days.
The Israeli military gave residents Lydde an ultimatum to leave within half an hour. Most able-bodied men were detained and sent to prison camps, not including 175 to 250 who were killed inside the cities' great mosque, leaving mostly women, children, and the elderly being forced to march on foot for 15 to 25 kilometers under the summer heat to reach the Arab Legion lines near Ramallah. Between hundreds to over a thousand died along the rugged path due to extreme thirst, dehydration, and sheer physical exhaustion.
Testimonies often mention low-flying Israeli military planes hovering over the marching lines, forcing civilians to keep moving.
Operation Cast Thy Bread - Operation Cast Thy Bread involved the deliberate contamination of drinking water wells with biological pathogens, primarily typhoid and dysentery bacteria, in Arab villages and towns.
Rape during the Nakba - Scholar, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian interviewed numerous female survivors of the Nakba who revealed that rape was commonplace throughout the mass campaign of terror and expulsion.
''He grabbed a woman, young and good looking, went into a house, prepared a bedroom and wanted to fuck her.''
''The girl game back half dead, like a rag.''
''One guy raped a 16-year-old girl or something of the sort... There was one guy, he passed away, he was a savage. He just took them and murdered them in the enclosures, you know, surrounding the barbed wire fence. All the men were rounded up''
''They were all sitting on the ground and someone comes and takes a machine gun and starts and then reloaded the cartridge. And some guys took flamethrowers and ran after people and incinerated them.''
''During battle, if someone raised hands, I didn't take captives... [how many?] I didn't count. I can't really know.''
''I was willing to kill.''
(1948) Deir Yassin - Irgun and Lehi jointly committed the Deir Yasin Massacre, killing around 250 civilians, while Haganah gave them covering fire.
A letter written by Albert Einstein delivered to the NYT reads: "This village, off the main roads, had taken no part in the war, and had even fought off Arab bands who wanted to use their village as a base. On April 9th terrorist bands attacked this peaceful village which was not a military objective in the fighting, killed most of the inhabitants, 240 men women and children, and kept a few alive to parade as captive through the streets of Jerusalem. most of the Jewish community was horrified at the deed, and the Jewish agency sent a telegram of apology to King Abdula of trans Jordan, but the terrorists were proud of this massacre, publicizing it widely, and inviting all of the foreign correspondence present in the country to view the heaped corpses and general havoc of Deir Yassin."
Delegation to the UN: ''During the attack by Jews on the Arab village of Deir Yassin... Women and children were stripped, lined up, photographed, and then slaughtered by automatic firing and survivors have told of even more incredible bestialities''
According to Israeli historian Illan Pappé, “The Jewish soldiers who took part in the massacre also reported horrific scenes: babies whose skulls were cracked open, women raped or burned alive in houses, and men stabbed to death.” (𓃠)
In a documentary, Othman Akkel, a survivor of the massacre, recounted witnessing a Jewish militants telling a baker named Hamed to throw his son into his oven. When he refused, they struck him on the head and did it themselves, before also throwing Hamed in with him.
Note that Othman is able to cry during his retelling of this incident.
Saqiya Massacre - Haganah forces, lead by future PM, David Ben-Gurion killed 14 people in Saqiya Jaffer.
Saf'Saf Massacre - After the IDF took the village of Saf'Saf in Galalee 50 to 70 villagers were killed. Evidence suggests that 52 men had their hands tied and were shot before being buried in a pit.
Qibya massacre - Using an attack which killed an Israeli mother and her two children as a pretext, Colonel Ariel Sharon's Commando Unit 101 rampaged through Qibya, blowing up house by house and killing 69 civilians, most of them women and children.
Tantura Massacre - after the residents of Tantura village surrendered to Haganah, lead by future PM, David Ben-Gurion, between 40 and 200 were rounded up, shot dead, and buried in a communal grave, now a parking lot.
(1948) Sa'Sa Massacres - Two massacres were perpetrated by Haganah, lead by future PM, David Ben-Gurion, in the Palestinian village of Sa'Sa'. The first occurred on the night of 14-15 February 1948, when the Palmach, Haganah's elite unit forces, attacked the village killing 60 people.
The second massacre occurred on Oct. 30 1948 when the village was conquered by the IDF in Operation Hiram.
(1948) Semiramis Hotel Bombing - In 1948, Haganah, lead by future PM, David Ben-Gurion, bombed the Christian-owned Semiramis Hotel, killing 26.
Haifa bombings - The port of Haifa experienced multiple significant bombings and attacks from Irgun and Lehi.
Haifa bombings - Haifa bombings After Palestinian forces used a barrel bomb against The Palestine Post building in Jerusalem, a barrel bomb was detonated near the Arab National Society building in Haifa, killing four Arabs and wounding three.
On March 3, Lehi pushed a 400-pound explosive-laden truck into the Arab quarter on Stanton Street in Haifa, killing 11 Arabs and injuring 16.
On March 22, an explosive-laden truck set off by Arabs in Haifa killed 6 Jews and injured many others amid ongoing urban clashes.
Post state
Lavon Affair - During the Suez Crisis, Israel devised Operation Suzanna, more commonly known as the Lavon Affair, after Pinhaus Lavon, who took the fall for it. Israeli military intelligence recruited a group of Egyptian Jews to plant bombs inside American, British, and Egyptian civilian-owned targets with plans to blame the resulting blasts on the Egyptians. This would then trick the British into retaining a troop presence in the Suez, preventing any escalation or embargo against Israel by Egypt. The attack was intended to blow up movie theaters, libraries, and schools owned and frequented by expat Americans. After a few relatively unsuccessful bombings, the spy ring was uncovered by the Egyptians and the plotters were arrested, with two being executed. After decades of publicly denying any involvement, in 2005, President Moshe Katzav, presented the surviving plotters with certificates of appreciation on behalf of the Israeli government.
The Lillehammer affair - Israel violated state sovereignty to stage a campaign of assassinations. One such victim was Ahmed Bouchikhi, an innocent waiter in Norway, who the Mossad shot in front of his pregnant wife as he left the theater. More Mossad agents were arrested as they tried to leave the country, and were given prison sentences.
The Jewish Underground - Menachem Livni, who was convicted of multiple murders, headed a terror organization dubbed the Jewish Underground. He testified that the spirit behind the underground was Rabbi Dov Lior, who was involved in the details and decided how and when they would act. Lior pressured the hesitant perpetrators to blow up six buses with all their passengers, killing hundreds. Only the delay enabled the Shin Bet security service to arrest them at the last minute. Lior was not arrested or even seriously interrogated. He was being financed by the Israeli government, receiving tens of thousands of shekels every month, as his job was to combine Torah studies with military service.
(1994) Cave of the Patriarchs massacre - Baruch Goldstein was an IDF medic who killed 29 worshipers in a mosque before being beaten to death by survivors while trying to reload his gun.
There was a huge funeral procession for Goldstein and the Israeli army provided a guard of honor at his grave.
A year after the massacre, the Israeli government issued a permit to Goldstein's admirers to build a large monument at the sight of his grave, now one of the most popular sights in Israel for religious tourism.
Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, reportedly has a picture of Goldstein framed in his living room.
Former terror cells
Hashamor - Hashamor was formed in 1909 out of smaller Jewish Militias, such as the Bar-Giora group, to defend the settlements.
Haganah - The World Zionist Organization's Palestine Zionist Executive, later Jewish Agency, would form the Haganah militia in 1920, made up of former Hashamor recruits; they would work with Irgun against the British Mandate. Their american headquarters were set up in mid-town Manhatten at Hotel 14, the basement of which was the famous Copa Cabana night club, run by Jewish gangster, also the richest and most powerful gangster, Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello.
Haganah bombed the Christian-owned Semiramis Hotel, killing 26; perpetrated the Sa'Sa Massacres; perpetrated the Saqiya Massacre; perpetrated the Tantura Massacre; assassinated Jacob Israel De Haan; bombed the SS Patria; bombed the HMS Ajax and attempted to bomb the Empire Rival.
On May 26th, the IDF was formed out of Haganah and, Irgun with many members of Lehi joining its ranks.
The Sonneborn Group - A nexus of Jewish millionaires and gangsters, organized by future PM, David Ben-Gurion, and oil millionaire Rudolf Sonneborn, who worked with the Jewish Agency to smuggle weapons to Palestine.
Irgun - The Irgun splintered from Haganah in 1931, as a militia with more radical methods. They were temporarily allied with the British during the Arab revolt, planting bombs in public places and raising entire villages.
Irgun blew up the SS Patria, Pan Crescent, Pan York and attempted to sabotage other ships; Bombed the King David Hotel; bombed the British Embassy in Rome; hanged two British Sergeants; perpetrated the Deir Yassin Massacre with Lehi; perpetrated the Haifa Oil Refinery massacre; and perpetrated Operations Wrath of God and Operation Spring of Youth.
They later became the Herut party, which later the Likud party, (Freedom Party) the Israeli government's leading party.
Lehi - Avraham Stern split from Irgun in 1940 to form Lehi, (the Stern Gang) advocating for the complete annihilation of Palestinians
They assassinated Lord Moyne; assassinated Count Bernadotte; and were responsible, with Irgun, for the Deir Yassin massacre.
Lehi's leader was future PM, Yitzah Shamir.
Former terrorists in the Israeli government
David Ben-Gurion - Lead the political department of the Jewish agency; worked with Irgun and Lehi; outlined plan Dalet; oversaw Haganah during the Nakba; went on to become Israel's first Prime Minister.
Menachem Begin - Irgun Leader from 1946; blew up the King David hotel; blew up the British embassy in Rome; orchestrated the sergeants affair. He became Israel's 6th Prime Minister.
He turned Irgun into the Herut party, which later the Likud party, (Freedom Party) the Israeli government's leading party.
Russel Warren Howe interview with Begin, 1968: ''How does it feel, in the light of all that's going on, to be the father of terrorism in the middle east?''
He bellowed in a thick accent: ''In the middle east? In all the world.''
Yitzakh Shamir - Lehi leader; plotted the assassination of Lord Moyne. Became the Mossad's director of assassinations and Israel's 7th Prime Minister. He was also involved in the assassination of JFK.
Munya Mardor - Munya Mardor admitted in his book to planting the bomb which blew up the SS Patria. He went on to become the director general of the Israel Armament Development Authority.
Yitzhag Sadeh - Commander of the Palmach, the special forces of Haganah. He was the officer in charge of the operation to bomb the SS Patria. He Went on to found the IDF with David Ben-Gurion.
Moshe Sharett - Temporarily lead the political department of the Jewish Agency; authorized Irgun's bombing of the the SS Patria. Went on to become Israel's second Prime Minister.
By: Otto Heckel
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