In the second place, this does not mean that there cannot be any agreement with the Palestine Arabs. What is impossible is a voluntary agreement. As long as the Arabs feel that there is the least hope of getting rid of us, they will refuse to give up this hope in return for either kind words or for bread and butter, because they are not a rabble, but a living people. And when a living people yields in matters of such a vital character it is only when there is no longer any hope of getting rid of us, because they can make no breach in the iron wall. Not till then will they drop their extremist leaders, whose watchword is "Never!" And the leadership will pass to the moderate groups, who will approach us with a proposal that we should both agree to mutual concessions. Then we may expect them to discuss honestly practical questions, such as a guarantee against Arab displacement, or equal rights for Arab citizen, or Arab national integrity.
And when that happens, I am convinced that we Jews will be found ready to give them satisfactory guarantees, so that both peoples can live together in peace, like good neighbours.
His intent is disguised in words like peace, and extremist leaders. He wants to break them, and when they have broken, have them agree to Zionism, a Zionist government, run by a Zionist regime.
Again, his only concern is complete Jewish control over land and state, disregarding the native population.
This article can be obtained at: www.jabotinsky.org...
The Jabotinsky Institute in Israel.
Part Two: Irgun
Now that you know about Jabotinsky, and his views about the Zionist movement, the native population, and his intent, let us move on to Irgun.
Irgun was a militant Zionist group founded and lead by Jabotinsky. They were described as a terrorist organization by the New York Time and The Times, in London. They were responsible for the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946, and the Deir Yassin Massacre, in 1948.
The King David Hotel bombing led to the deaths of 91 people, and 46 injuries. The hotel was being used by the British Mandatory Authorities of Palestine.
The Deir Yassin Massacre left at least 107 people dead. This act was done as a counter attack to the Jews killed during the great uprising between 1936-1939 which Arab’s killed possibly 350 or more Jewish people (unconfirmed amount). Irgun, along with Lehi, another Militant Zionist group, were attacking to attempt to remove Britain from Palestine. Additional information about the Deir Yassin Massacre and the King David Hotel Bombing is widely available, I encourage anyone interested to further investigate on their own.
Irgun, which was led by Jabotinsky, carried out many smaller attacks over the course of 1920-1948. In the 1940’s, Irgun started launching most their attacks against the British. They demanded that the British leave and transfer rule to a Jewish government. Other groups later aided in illegal immigration and attacks. Groups such as Lehi and Haganah (a Leftist Zionist group) were part of these efforts.
In 1947, the British finally gave up on trying to mediate the Zionist movement and the Arab natives, thus handing the issue over to the UN. During the transition, Britain was placing illegal immigrants, mostly Jewish, in detention camps in Cyprus. This led to more attacks on the British.
In 1948, while the UN was debating whether or not to end the Mandate and create a Jewish state, the attacks from Lehi and Irgun stopped. When the UN came to their decision to create two states, the attacks started again. Arabs also began attacks.
Haganah which had attempted to keep a defensive policy, abandon such an idea after the Convoy of 35 incident in which 35 Haganah troops were killed. They were quoted saying, “Distinguishing between individuals is longer possible, for now - it is a war, and the even the innocent shall not be absolved.” according to Netanel Lorech, Events of the War of Independence, Massada Publishing, 1958.
The attacks from both sides continued.
Part Three: Herut and Likud Party
Herut was formed by, Menachem Begin, the successor to Irgun in 1940. Jabotinsky died in 1940 and Begin was his political successor. After Israel was established, during the first national election, Herut won 14 seats. This made it the Fourth largest party in the Knesset, the Israeli Legislature. It was very right wing, and wanted to acquire the West Bank feverishly. In 1951 there seats dropped to 8, but in 1955 they hit 15 seats and were the second biggest party in the Knesset. They maintained 17 seats in the 1961 elections. They joined with the Liberal Party, consisting of the General Zionist Party and the Progressive Party, to form Gahal, meaning Herut-Liberal Bloc. In the 1970’s Gahal merged with Free Centre, National List, and a non legislative party called Movement for Greater Israel, to form Likud.
Keep in mind, all of these parties kept their independent names. It is like the United States. All the states keep their own name but they are all part of the United States. This was the same for Likud. They all kept their separate names, but they were all part of Likud. Herut was a major part of the Likud. In the 1977 election, Likud caused the right to win the elections. Begin became prime minister of Israel. He retained this post till 1983 when he stood down, and Yitzhak Shamir took control of Herut, thus Likud.
In 1988 the party dissolved the independent parties and became one unitary party. The party dominated Israeli politics for the most part until recent times. In 2003 the party started to fall apart when Ariel Stone made multiple controversial decisions. His plan to withdraw troops and settlers from the Gaza strip was called “defeatist”.
In short, the militant Zionist groups of the 1920-1940’s are the same groups who dominated politics in the Israeli government for the past 50 years. Begin, the leader of Irgun from 1940-1948(during many of the British attacks, such as the King David Hotel Bombing) became Prime Minister of Israel. The Israel government, as a result, was run by the same terrorist militants that killed many innocent people.
