tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post3028694126852512796..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: Irgun was right and everyone else wrong, says journalist's grandfather!GideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-46405593557495804232012-07-25T13:41:06.711+03:002012-07-25T13:41:06.711+03:00"The British at that time were worse than the..."The British at that time were worse than the Germans, my grandfather says"... Bullshit. I would not defend British actions, particularly trying to stop stopping refugees after the war but where in 20th century Britain were jews subject to a Kristallnacht like event, Nuremburg Laws, a final sulution...?shaun downeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-30146804845517698872012-07-25T12:47:04.709+03:002012-07-25T12:47:04.709+03:00Having been at the time a member of Palmach (based...Having been at the time a member of Palmach (based at <br />the time in Kibbutz Schaar Haamakim) I remember how we rejected this kind of <br />fight against the British rulers.<br />One has to remember, that the British <br />issued in May 1939 the infamous “White Paper” restricting the number of Jewish <br />emigrants to be allowed to come to the land of Israel. During the war about 30.000 Jews <br />volunteered to the British Army. However the British broke their word and did <br />not abolish the white book. In Europe hundred <br />thousands survivors wanted to come to the land, but the British did not let them <br />come legally. So the Hagana concentrated on illegal emigration of Jews and <br />constructing new settlements which was really strengthening our position while <br />the senseless terror of Ezel (Abreviation of Irgun Zwai Leumi) had <br />contra-productive effects: the sympathy of so many British with our cause was <br />jeopardized. While Palmach bombed railway lines and bridges and did not kill <br />British soldiers and policemen, Ezel and the Stern gang was advocating all the <br />worse so much the better and engaged in individual terror. My position on that <br />is one of principle.<br /><br />I rejected Jewish terror starting already during the war <br />in 1944 and I reject also Arab terror<br /><br />Karl Pfeifer, ViennaKarl Pfeifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-33031366179362125722012-07-25T12:31:56.556+03:002012-07-25T12:31:56.556+03:00I agree that this comparison was an exaggeration t...I agree that this comparison was an exaggeration that somehow diminishes the Holocaust. However, as Dick here mentions, there were some mitigating circumstances that made Jews to hate Brits.<br /><br />And I realize that Arabs of the time described had their own reasons to hate Brits too. The eternal burden of a colonial power. Brits shouldn't complain, that's one thing I am sure about...SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-71072809594039034992012-07-25T11:05:28.925+03:002012-07-25T11:05:28.925+03:00The Brits didn't build gas chambers or round u...The Brits didn't build gas chambers or round up Jews, true enough, but they sure turned back boatloads of refugees and used their warships to threaten others with destruction. They were clearly on the side of the Arabs at the time.Dick Stanleynoreply@blogger.com