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Page 144
They wanted to break our spirit. True, we always had plans to free imprisoned
comrades, and when the occasion presented itself we carried them out. But this
was merely a typical official excuse designed to conceal the true purpose.
They wanted to break our spirit. True, we always had plans to free imprisoned
comrades, and when the occasion presented itself we carried them out. But this
was merely a typical official excuse designed to conceal the true purpose.
Page 166
cAN readily be understood why we wanted a part of the good arms we brought in
the “Altalena” to be sent to our units in Jerusalem and why we wanted our units in
the Army to get their fair share too. It is a natural and accepted tradition in ...
cAN readily be understood why we wanted a part of the good arms we brought in
the “Altalena” to be sent to our units in Jerusalem and why we wanted our units in
the Army to get their fair share too. It is a natural and accepted tradition in ...
Page 202
If the Jews wanted 100,000 immigration permits they must disband their illegal
armies and hand over all their arms to the legal authorities. ... Macdonald and
Crum reminded Bevin that he had solemly promised the members of the
Commission ...
If the Jews wanted 100,000 immigration permits they must disband their illegal
armies and hand over all their arms to the legal authorities. ... Macdonald and
Crum reminded Bevin that he had solemly promised the members of the
Commission ...
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Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU Revoir IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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Acre Altalena ammunition Arab arms Army asked attack Aviv battle began blood blow boys Britain British authorities British forces British Government British officers British rule camp captured carried Command Committee comrades David Raziel death decision defence enemy Eretz Israel evacuation explosives fight fighters fire fortress freedom Galili gallows Garin Giddy Granados Gruner guards Gurion Haganah Haifa hands Hatikvah heart Hebrew Irgun Zvai Leumi Jabotinsky Jaffa Jerusalem Jewish Agency Jews Kfar Kfar Vitkin killed King David Hotel knew later leaders learnt liberation lives machine-guns meeting military Moshe Sneh never night operations organisation Palestine Palmach party Petah Tikva police political prisoners proposed rebels regime replied Resistance Movement revolt secret sentence Shimshon Sneh Soviet spirit struggle Tel Aviv terrorists thousands told took troops truck truth underground United victory Vladimir Jabotinsky wanted warning whip whole wounded Yaacov Zionist
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Revolt: Story of the Irgun |
| Author | Menachem Begin |
| Publisher | H. Schuman, 1951 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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