FIGHTERS FOR FREEDOM OF ISRAEL

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F IGHl^ SRS FOR FREED CM OF ISRA:
D A I L Y P RE S S_ B- U L L E T I N
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1) TRUMPED IT CHARG]~M.. ("Mivrak", 15.9.14.8.
Bernadotte is not very particular in his choice of means.
In a desire to create an atmosphere unfriendly to Israel and to
represent it as an aggressor and law-breaker at the forthcoming
session-- of the U. N. As,erihly, he completely disregards Arab
breaches and records our retaliatory measures as violations of
the truce.
In fabricating charges' he has reached a now high when, en-
tirely oblivious of thr fact that the police action against the
three Arab villages in the vicinity of Haifa was. taken with the
full- knowledge and permission of the U. W. Observers, ' he has
presented the Government of Israel with the demand to allow the
refugees from those villages to return and to rebuild for them
their houses, destroyed during the operations.
The Government's reply will probably be made public in a
few hours. We expect it to give vent to its indignation There
is already a false charge of burning 28 Arabe.and to-morrow we
may be saddled with another atrocity charge, perhaps with raping
of infants.
We fully share in the Government's dissatisfaction with the
"impartial Mediator". Neither hate nor desire to cause polit ical
damage cart justify false accusations and trumped-up charges--.
But even while expressing our sympathy with the Government,
we cannot for a moment forget either Ra,riath-Yair or the Tel-Aviv
courtrooms. The Governmont, so loudly protesting against the ini-
quities of Be nadotte, is using similar methods in dor.ie:stic affair,.
There i s similarity in representing a certain movement as law-
broakit g and resorting to trumped up charges.
The only difference lies in that, that Bernadotte must, to
his regret, content himself with making complaints to the Security
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Council, while the Government of Israel has at its disposal wide
powers and effective means of execution. Bernadotte cannot im-
prison anyone, but the Government of Israel has many prisons and
does not hesitate to make full use of them. To make charges ap-
pear grave, scores of people are kept in detention for a period
needed by the prosecution in order to complete its case. The in-
dictments will be ready probably by the election time.
Well, the Government i s sovereign. It is within its po-
wer to break promises and make exhibition searches. Tinder the
inherited Emergency Regulations there is nothing it cannot "law-
fully" do; nevertheless it cannot force decent and sensible people
to believe that its actions are prompted by considerations of
public security. Judges refuse to believe in the criminality of
accused, and the public opinion knows very well for what purpose
does the Government resort to exhibition purposes and staged
trials.
So far the Provisional Government has had little succes in
this respect, but one would be wrong in expecting it to be dis-
couraged: failure only spurs it to renewed efforts in the hope
of making a better job of it next time 1xperience has taught us
that the men occupying the key positions in the Government, though
extremely tractable and. yielding in their relations with foreign
factors, are adamant in domestic affairs.
The public opinion is called upon to be on the alert. We
must be watchful to prevent any attempt to set up here a new
"Reichstag Fire" regime.,
2) LANT 1, RN TO SOUL.
(' Mivrak", 10.9.43.)
after Ramath-Hakovesh and Giveath-Hayim, after Yagur, Ruhama
and Doroth we said: this is the way of Imperialism in its final
stages of decline; these are results of anti-Semitism.
We had a key to all the secret locks of the foreign rulers
and a 3anttrn to shed light into the innermost rece s of their
souls.
wee are now after the Sheikh--Mowannis operation. Again there
were use of rifle--butts, destruction, looting. All these acts.
were again followed by an official communique framed on familiar -
much too familiar -- linos, reminiscent of the not so distant past.
This time our old keys do not fit the lock: neither the key
of Imperialism nor the key of anti-Semitismi, for this tine not a
foreign but a Jewish administration has been responsible for all
t hat.
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There was a bright spot though, that should not b e left un-
mentioned. We cannot compare the behaviour of Jewish soldiers
and policemt nt with that of Bevin's brutes-. The men in uniform
brought to Sheikh-Mowannis evidently did not relish their job.
They were discontented, grumbled and felt humiliated. Mary ci?'
them openly expressed their disapproval of the operation, though
not in the prosence of their superiors. The Ministry of Security
cannot boast that its; orders were carried out fully and enthu-
siastically.
But we are not discussing plain soldiers and nolic?men. We
are looking for a lantern to shod light on the secrets! of the
soul of the present rulers of. Hakirya, of those who work out
operation. plans and give instructions to their subordinates.
There must be soeio keys that would open the secret locks
of the present Government. There are also lanterns that produce
strong light.
A government desirous to enjoy the benefits of the Marshall
Plan must of necessity cut its domestic policy in accordane with
the pattern approved by the sponsors of the plan. In the West,
in France and Italy, an exclusion from the government of all ex-
tremist elements is sufficient to qualify for the dole, but fur-
ther east terms become gradually harder and means hotter. In
Greece, for instance, it is not enough to have all freedom-loving
elementa expelled from the government: their physical destruction
iZ demanded too. Eretz-Israel Eiluo lies in the 24ast. Here too
an inoffensive coalition of moderate elements is deemed insuffi-
cient; something more is expected here.
The situation in lretz-Israel has not yet reached the grave
at ago of Greece. Jewish scaffolds are yet unknown; the state is,
stir_ too young for that; the process is still in the initial
stap,e ;= of its development. But we have already political priso-
ner,U and staged trials, so t here should be no surprize if the
P Ice is accelerated. There is scaffold hidden in the present
't?egine exactly as there is. chicken hidden in every egg. The egg
of the Government of Israel has been fertilized by the cock
M 7rsh all : there should be no illusions as to what will be hatched.
This is no exaggeration. In the circumstances: this is the
only possible course of events, unless the circumstances change.
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The political keys, however, cannot provide an over all
solutiofl. There is something sinister in the nature of present
regime that calls for an additional explanation of psychological
nature.
Gne cannot escape the impression that all those manifesta-
tions,abhorrent to a free man, are an outdone not only of politi-
cal sins,, but also of some psychic disorder. This Provisional
Government is suffering from deep-rooted psychic complexes. The
soul of the men that control the Government is torn and lacerated.
They can find nn cure for their condition, nor rest.
If there is somewhere something that is called conscience,
then theirs must torture them. But bad conscience does not always
make the sinner penitent. More often than not it produces outbursts
of cruelty, prompted by the desire to get rid once for all of th-e.
object causing pangs of conscience.
The Prime Minister has made repeated attempts to distort the
hist ory of our recent past. He wants to convince the public
that he is indebted for his present exalted position to nothing
except his own "struggle". He has repeated his distortions so
many times that some people may have been riisled by them. But so
far he has completely failed to deceive himself.
When the Prime Minister remains alone and has no need to
lie, there rise before him visions of the past, and not only of
his distant Sejera past. He is probably visited by ghosts of a,
more recent past, of the last few years=, ghosts from detention:
capras and prisons. Ghosts of young men that fell. in house and
street clashes with British forces, that faced proud and erect
-British courts and ascended the scaffold with song on their lips.
Their questioning looks bore into him: "What about our share?".
The Prime Minister has no hope of winning in a dispute with these.
He cannot lie in the presence of these searching eyes.
His,
The Prime Minister feels himself helpless against them.
natural reaction is therefore hate - unbounded hate of them and
of the movexqet and spoil' his ofrrlisrepresentationr1and who
give him no rest
dece ipt .
Oddly enough, the guilty men themselves provide, though indi-
rectly corroboration to above.
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During, the last conference of Llapai, the leade -1? of the party,
who is also the Prime Minister, confessed that he had had two
dreams in his life: that of the Jewish state and of the workers'
unity. As to the first he "never hoped to see its realization,
but felt sure of the realization of the second one. However, the
contrary has happenned". ("Davar", 15.8.48.)
From the same stage the Foreign Minister made an even clearer
admissions: "The new regime has taken us completely by surprize.
Those who have been sitting here- for many years. are still dazed
by the dizzy rush of changes;, likely to take one's breath away
and muddle the senses. We still have to make great psychological
and mental efforts to overtake the pace of events, and it seems
that we have not yet wholly adapted ourselves to it". (Ibid.)
So they never expected to see the realization of the dream
and lost their senses. They are still dazed by the great honour
that befell them. In the confusion of their senses they are
seized withe blind hate of those who offer them their dream or
the golden salver of their own torture, suffering and blood.
We hope that the Vice-Minister of Security will not accuse
us of revealing military secrets by making public a certain
minor incident that took place during one of our meeting with
him, meetings the purpose of which was to make things clear,
explain misunderstandings and find common language.
The Vice-Minister is endowed with the gift of free flow of
word.s, though not always to the point, abd an ihcliuation of
showing firmness and snapping a decisive "No"' to any proposal
that does not exactly conform with his views. These two propen-
sities make negotiations with him rather unpleasant, oven to a
person of a patient and even disposition.
During the interview, after our representative had heard
many "No's" from the Vice-Idlinister, he said to him: "Unless you
are absolutbly prejudiced, you must admit that you owe your
present position partly to us. Vie ask for no reward, we want only
mutual understanding. You, however, treat us with all the ar-
bitra iness of a diaspora townlet community bosses. Are you
really so much prejudiced and lacking in understanding?"
The Vice-Minister gave no reply to this, though he obviously
was irlpresaed. This was evident in his attempt to soften his
tore and to dam his flow of words.
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The Vice-Minister raust have remembered those words, and that
was probably the reason why he refused to see us during the raid
on Sheikh Mowann,is, for it is rather unpleasant to hear the truth
without being able to give an adequate reply. It is easier to
stop one's ears and order the "liquidation" of the truth sayers.
Is there a cure for psychic disorders and confusion of sen-
ses? Some say there is.
However, national of?airs cannot remain in the hands of
people afflicted with complexes.-
The nation must entrust its affairs to sane people.
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