1. On the recommendation of @davidfrum I read this lengthy review of a biography of Menachem Begin http://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/843/missing-menachem/ …
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2. Review is meaty, very good on Begin in context of Revisionist Zionism & religion, so any interested in Israeli history should read BUT
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3. BUT review also prime example of how Palestinians are erased from their own history.
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4. Review discusses Begin's terrorism overwhelming as violence against British occupying forces, not indigenous Arab civilians.
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5. There's no mention of the Deir Yassin massacre of April 1948 where at least 110 civilians killed (including children) and women raped.
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6. You can't understand Palestinian refugee crisis without the spark lighted by the Deir Yassin massacre.
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7. To frame the issue of Irgun & Stern Gang terrorism as simply conducted against British military while ignoring Arab civilians major error
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8. Implicit in this frame is idea that British lives matter more than Arab ones.
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9. Review mentions 1948 letter from Einstein & Arendt calling Begin a "fascist" -- doesn't mention that letter raised Deir Yassin massacre.
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10. Einstein/Arendt et. al letter can be found here: https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYorkTimes.December41948 …
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11. Interesting thing about letter calling Begin "a fascist" -- one signatory was Sidney Hook, spiritual Godfather of neo-conservatism.
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