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Re: Kuwait always proves commitment to Palestinians and their cause, says veteran activist

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COLDBLOODED MURDERERS

“Soon the Singing Will Turn Into A Death Moan”
The following is excerpted from Meir Har-Tzion’s Diary, published by
Levin-Epstein, Ltd., Tel Aviv, 1969. It describes an Israeli raid in
Gaza during the early 1950s.

The wide, dry riverbed glitters in the moonlight. We advance,
carefully, along the mountain slope. Several houses can be seen.
Bushes and shrubbery sway in the breeze, casting their shadows on the
ground. In the distance we can see three lights and hear the sounds of
Arab music coming out of the homes immersed in darkness. We split up
into three groups of four men each. Two groups make their way to the
immense refugee camp to the south of our position. The other group
marches towards the lonely house in the flat area north of Wadi Gaza.
We march forward, trampling over green fields, wading through water
canals as the moon bathes us in its scintillating light.

Soon, however, the silence will be shattered by bullets, explosions,
and the screams of those who are now sleeping peacefully.

We advance
quickly and enter one of the houses “Mann Haatha?” (Arabic for “who is
there?”) We leap towards the voices. Fearing and trembling, two Arabs
are standing up against the wall of the building. They try to escape.
I open fire. An ear piercing scream fills the air. One man falls to
the ground, while his friend continues to run. Now we must act we have
no time to lose. We make our way from house to house as the Arabs
scramble about in confusion. Machine guns rattle, their noise mixed
with a terrible howling. We reach the main thoroughfare of the camp.
The mob of fleeing Arabs grows larger. The other group attacks from
the opposite direction. The thunder of hand grenades echoes in the
distance. We receive an order to retreat. The attack has come to an
end. On the following morning, the headlines will read: “The refugee
camp of Al-Burj near Gaza was attacked. The camp has been serving as a
base for infiltrators into Israeli territory. ‘Twenty people were
killed and another twenty were wounded.”

A telephone line blocks our way. We cut it and continue. A narrow path
leads along the slope of a hill. The column marches forward in
silence. Stop! A few rocks roll down the hill. I catch sight of a man
surveying the silence. I ready my rifle. Gibly crawls over to me,
“Har, for God’s sake, a knife!!” His clenched teeth glitter in the
dark and his whole body is tight, his mind alert, “For God’s sake,” .
. . I put my tommy down and unsheath my machete. We crawl towards the
lone figure as he begins to sing a trilled Arab tune. Soon the singing
will turn into a death moan. I am shaking, every muscle in my body is
tense. This is my first experience with this type of weapon. Will I be
able to do it? We draw closer. There he stands, only a few meters in
front of us. We leap. Gibly grabs him and I plunge the knife deep into
his back. The blood pours over his striped cotton shirt. With not a
second to lose, I react instinctively and stab him again. The body
groans, struggles and then becomes quiet and still.

From an interview with Meir Har-Tzion, Ha’aretz weekly
supplement, 9 November 1965:

Pangs of conscience? No. Why should I have any? The man’s blue eyes
open wide in amazement. “It’s easy to kill a man with a rifle. You
press the trigger and that’s that. But a knife, why, that’s something
else-that’s a real fight. Even if you are successful, you come close
to death. The enemy’s blade is as close as the air. It’s a fantastic
feeling. You realize you’re a man.”

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Re: PA prime minister calls for Israel to open Al-Quds Airport

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Al-Quds airport has not existed in Atarot since 1967. The Israeli Atarot airport which handled local Israeli flights closed in 200 because of Arab terrorist attacks. Since then a thriving business and commercial sector has grown in Atarot. Tall buildings have been built in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem area which prevent a clear guide path into an Atarot airport. More importantly Atarot airport has been designated for the building of 9,000 living units for Israelis, which are badly needed in the Jerusalem area. The redevelopment will also seen green space, entertainment and public spaces and new commercial development. In other words the land will be put to the highest use. Locating an airport in Atarot is far from a priority.

Mohammad Shtayyeh knows that there is zero chance of Atarot airport being reopened and less than zero of a chance of a Palestinian international airport building there. Shtayyeh only raises the impossibility of the airport to excuse his government’s opposition to Palestinians being offered an option to fly out of Ramon Airport near Eilat instead of Jordan.

Atarot was a Jewish settlement when the British mandate took part of its land for an airport. The Jews who lived in Atarot were ethnically cleansed form their homes by Jordan in 1948. Jordan occupied the area and operated an airport. In 1967 Israel liberated Atarot and all of Judea and Samaria. This area will be redeveloped for Israeli citizens and for the benefit of Jerusalem.

BTW it was interesting to note that another Palestinian official says there is no difference between the West Bankers and Jordan. Memo:

“The Palestinian official added that, “We and Jordan are one party, one team and one goal, and our goal is the safety of Jordan and the welfare of its people.”

What he is saying is that Jordan is Palestine. More Palestinians live in Jordan than in the West Bank or Gaza put together. the Palestinians in the West Bank should go live in their country in Jordan.



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