I Fought for Israel's Independence. I Admit: I Too Am a 'Palestinian Terrorist'
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haaretz.com
I am a Palestinian terrorist
In response to “Netanyahu says Palestinian killer of three Israelis should be executed” (Haaretz, July 28).
I, your humble
servant, hereby admit that I and all of my contemporaries, the “salt of
the earth” who are now in our nineties, are “Palestinian terrorists.”
And it’s not pleasant to remember how we fought the occupation of the
British Mandate – we fighters in the Haganah, Palmach, Irgun and Lehi –
for life or death. We are still “Palestinian terrorists.”
We received our orders
from commanders with national and political and ideological authority –
David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir – who to the best of
my knowledge of history, were “Palestinian arch-terrorists” who later
became prime ministers of Israel.
Also not too pleasant
to remember: how I sat in Acre Prison, in the ward for those condemned
to death, and how one morning they bound the hands of Dov Gruner, of
blessed memory, and I could hear the words of the song he sang,
“Hatikva” – “Our hope is not yet lost” – and those of another 10
“Palestinian terrorists.” It is pleasant to remember that we ultimately
triumphed, despite the cruel and inhumane death sentence.
The
“Palestinian terrorists” are freedom fighters and in the future will be
the prime ministers of the Palestinian people in the “United States of
Israel and Palestine” or in the “Israeli-Palestinian Union.”
And
they will find it pleasant to remember, as it is pleasant for me to
remember, how I was honored for my “contribution to Israel’s founding
and security.” And how there are streets and squares throughout the land
named in memory of the “Palestinian terrorists” Ben-Gurion, Begin,
Shamir and others. May their memory be blessed!
Yehuda Keidar
Tel Mond
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