A Jew's plea: stop Begin!
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-06-24Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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'objective' journalists all tion, shared - so long as urantu this chauvinist intoxicaIN West Beirut the Palestine Liberation Organis"AS I write I'm listening to the radio announcing that we are In the process of 'achieving our objectives' in Lebanon: guaranteeing "peace" for the inhahi_ tants of Galilee. VALU LCALJ1These Goebbels-type lies make me mad. It is clear that this vicious war, more barbarous than any of the previous ones, • has nothing to do with the London assassination or the security of the Galilee; but if the leaders of the opposition, 'respectful' nenfesenre PAVILOOVLO, repeat like parrots the slogans of Begin Sharon, what can you expect from the man in the street?
for the mamant Ihat T LUL the moment (but I don't think this will last long) 'national unity' is almost complete. 'This is Israel's finest hour' , said Begin in the Knesset, where only three hands were raised against the war (nine others - including the Mapam deputies — only dared to abstain).
What is left to face up to 11.• the figures of our losses and the no doubt disastrous political consequences are not yet known - by all our ultra-patriots? We are only d very small group of oppositionists.
We here, like the Paleseven by those close to us, and... defeated. At least for now.
To all this must be added the scandálous support of Reagan and his accomplices.
No-one speaks any more of a limited invasion within 40 kilometres of the frontier: it is a real hlitzkrieg. without limits, without front line or rear, without any restrictions.
I hear the sound of our planes non-stop; day and night they go to bombard populated towns and villages, and camps of refugees who have been chased from their homes once already - by us.
No pity! Jews, sons of Abraham, the 'compassionate' , without pity? Jews, themselves victims of so many cruelties, can they be cruel? What shame! The greatest achievement of Zionism is just this: the 'dejudaisation' lif such a word exists) of the Jews.
Dear friends, I implore you to do everything in your power to stop Begin and Sharon achieving their double aim: the final liquidation (I use an expression which is fashionable here these days) of the Palestinians as a people, and of the Israelis as human beings."
Benjamin Cohen, Professor at Tel-Aviv University.
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