Source: Personal Archive

Statement on Negotiations with Germany and the Last Events in Jerusalem

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A statement by Begin about the issue of reparations from Germany. It is blood money, and the majority in both the Knesset and the General public are against it. Intimidation has been used against Mapai MKs to ensure they vote in line with the party, a tyrannical measure. Begin demanded a referendum on the issue, but his demand was rejected. A large demonstration against the reparations was violently attacked by police. There is talk of a new underground, but that is just the guilty consciousnesses and fears of certain government officials. The reparations must be stopped to prevent shame from falling on the nation and the hurting of survivors of the Holocaust and relatives of the victims.

Why I Wrote The Revolt, Story of the Irgun

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The introduction to Begin’s book, THE REVOLT, published as an op-ed in the American Jewish Review, in which Begin explains why he wrote the book. It was mostly to remind Jews that there are things worth fighting and even dying for. But it was also to remind non-Jews that the ‘fighting Jew’ had returned to the world. Begin devotes the rest of the op-ed to British readers, who would be wary of him as a former ‘terrorist’ and possibly insulted by the words he has for the British authorities and government. He admits to being motivated by hate, but not hate for the British people. In short, it was a hatred of injustice born out of a love of good and justice and of one’s people, so it was a hatred all decent men should share. In the end, under similar circumstances, Begin would lead the revolt all over again.

Irgun Leader Predicts Unity in Palestine with Brotherhood Among Jews and Arabs

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A summation of a speech Begin gave at the Waldorf-Astpria Hotel in the New York Times. Begin believed that after all of Eretz Israel was liberated Jews and Arabs live in peace and harmony and the fighters would be able spend their time tilling the land instead. He wants to secure a sound economic future for those who fought for Israel. His Herut Party favors a complete separation of powers and the establishment of all civil rights. He denounces the Bernadotte Plan as a British plot and calls on all invading armies to leave Eretz Israel. He then joins in a toast to David Ben-Gurion.

Speech by Menachem Begin

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A speech Begin gave in New York on the first anniversary of the UN resolution to partition Palestine. The resolution was not a ‘gift’ from the nations of the world to the Jews, but the result of the revolt against the British forces in Palestine which forced the British to bring the issue to the UN. The resolution is not enough because it does not grant the Jews all of historical Israel, but it is important as international recognition of the right of the Jews to independence in their homeland. In the new state Begin and his followers will continue to fight for the ideals which they fought for in the underground, but now in the opposition. Without an opposition no country can truly be free. There will be peace, and then the fighters can lay down their arms. Begin ends by crediting Zeev Jabotinsky and his vision for their success and by thanking God for allowing them to live to see this day.

Irgun Head Scores Benadotte Plan

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An interview Begin gave to the New York Times in 1948 about the Bernadotte Plan. The British are still the greatest enemies of the young State of Israel. They are using the United Nations to enact their plan to partition Eretz Israel and leave the Jews in a ghetto. The British are also helping the invading Arab armies. Begin says that invasion cannot be rewarded in any part of the workd lest it be rewarded everywhere. The Arab countries have learned that they cannot defeat Israel militarily, for in modern warfare the Jews possess the advantage of will and brainpower that are more important than mere numbers. However, the Arab countries are beginning to take revenge on the Jews who live in them. The international community needs to set up a league to help these Jews. The Herut Party will use political means to fight against partition.