A Hundred Deir Yassin and Counting: Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres | Ramzy Baroud

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

April 17, 2013

Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of Deir Yassin 65 years ago, claiming the lives of more than 100 innocent Palestinians.

Attempts at covering up the massacre have been dwarfed by grim details documented by well-respected historians, including some of Israel’s own.

Even narratives offered by historians such as Benny Morris -- an honest researcher who remained committed to Zionism despite the ghastly history he had himself uncovered -- presented a harrowing version of the events that unfolded on that day: “Whole families were riddled with bullets … men, women, and children were mowed down as they emerged from houses; individuals were taken aside and shot. Haganah intelligence reported ‘there were piles of dead. Some of the prisoners moved to places of incarceration, including women and children, were murdered viciously by their captors.…”

It was the Irgun Zionist militias of Menachem Begin and the Stern Gang (Lehi) lead by Yitzhak Shamir that took credit for the infamy of that day; and both were rewarded generously for their "heroism." The once wanted criminals rose to prominence to become Israeli Prime Ministers in later years.

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[TexasProgresive]

1. K & R but no one wants to hear about this

"Move along! Nothing to see here!"

[King_David]

2. Wasn't such a good piece that it warranted being posted twice in this forum nt