The Myth That Begin Was a Terrorist

Whenever the issue of Palestinian terrorism is mentioned, we keep on hearing how the Israelis [Zionists] “introduced” terrorism [thus ignoring the Arab terrorist aggression then by genocidal Arabs like the Nazi collaborator Haj Amin al-Husseini] and that Begin was once a terrorist. We get told about the King David Hotel bombing and all this other nonsense [not denying that the bombing happened].

First off, the bombing of the King David Hotel was not a terrorist act. The Irgun sent warning that the bombing was going to happen. The arrogant British refused to carry them out. The King David Hotel was a British headquarter.

Zionist militias did conduct attacks against the British in response to their policy of not allowing Jewish immigrants in in order to appease Arab Nazis [not that all Arabs are Nazis] like Haj Amin al-Husseini. The British violated their promises to the Jews in the Balfour declaration and the obligations they got from the international community [League of Nations] to carry out those promises.

What about what the British did with the exodus ship, in 1947, when they captured the ship and denied entry Jewish refugees, at least many of whom were Holocaust survivors? The British put them behind barbed wire.

Also with Deir Yassin, it’s also another exaggeration. We get told how the Irgun indiscriminately murdered innocent Arab civilians. Yet Iraqi troops were hidden there and were dressed as women. The Irgun told the civilians to leave in order to minimize civilian casualties. Many did flee. The events there are grossly exaggerated, in order to include another fairy tale of an Israeli massacre. Of course, the Arab radio station Voice of Palestine made up horrible lies about what the Jews did in Deir Yassin to encourage Arab nations to butcher the Jews in the holy land. The plan backfired. Tens of thousands of Arabs, who believed these false messages, fled, which played a big role in creating the Arab refugee problem, which is still a hot and controversial issue even today.

The Irgun is used in order to say that the Zionists “introduced” terrorism. What’s also not mentioned is that the Israeli army fought the Irgun in order to make sure there was no rival Jewish militia.

We get told that Palestinian terrorists are like the Irgun in that, like how the Irgun tried to drive the British out to establish Israel [actually, it was to force Britain to allow Jewish immigrants in], the Palestinian terorrists just want to “drive” Israel out of the “Palestinian” territories. However, there are two arguments wrong with that assessment. First, unlike the Palestinian terrorists, the Irgun was not fighting for the destruction of an existing country, let alone a democratic one. Second off, unlike the Palestinian terrorists, the Irgun did not intentionally kill innocent civilians. These Palestinian terrorists, who are compared to Zionist militias fighting Britain to change its illegal policy on Jewish immigration to the holy land, attacked innocent Israeli civilians before the so-called “occupation” of the “Palestinian” territories, which was the result of Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six day war, another war where Israel defended itself against Arab nations that sought her destruction. 

So Begin was a militant, perhaps even a freedom fighter. But he was never a terrorist. He was a war hero and was a great Prime Minister [I'm not saying that I agree with all his policies as Prime Minister].