Subjects: Communists

There Can Be No Greater Danger to Our Future

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Begin speaks about how dangerous the concept of a Palestinian entity is for Israel’s existence. He first reflects on the terror attack that took place at the Munich Olympics—sharing how both Israelis and Arabs felt. He explains that what happened in Lod and Munich are ways to commit genocide, not liberate a nation. He shifts to speak about his disagreement with Zionist Palestinianists and speaks about Palestinian and Zionist land claims. Then Begin expresses shame towards Professor Talmon’s inaccurate comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany. In addition to shame, in his conclusion, Begin shares arguments to counter such comparison.

Menachem Begin Calls for the Evacuation of Soviet Jewry

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A speech Begin gave at the Knesset after the Munich Massacre. All of Israel is in mourning. Nothing like this has happened before in the more-than-1000 year history of the Olympics. The government must abandon the philosophy of just retaliating when Israelis and Jews are attacked. It needs to take offensive action against the terrorists so that they are unable to kill again. After the Holocaust, Jews need to be sure that Israel is defending them and that they can defend themselves. An international convention is a good idea, but it would take years to be ratified and implemented by the various countries of the world, and as the terrorist threat exists now, it must be dealt with now militarily. Gahal also asks the government to rescind the ban on the death penalty in Israel. Eretz Israel belongs to the Jews, and Israel cannot give concessions to or make peace with terrorists who only want to destroy it.

Time to Settle Accounts with the Russians

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Begin exploits the actions of the Russian Government to prevent Soviet Jewry from immigrating to Israel. First, he explains the motives behind the Russian tax placed on those who want to leave to Israel. Additionally, Begin speaks about the absurdity of the education tax that Jews have already paid off. Then Begin focuses on the concentration camps and conditions of labor Russian Jews were forced to partake in. Again, Begin shifts to confront the State loan each worker was required to give, and how only Jews wanting to immigrate to Israel do not receive their share of that loan, nor their pensions. Then Begin speaks about what Jewish youth in the Diaspora should do to support their brethren in Russia. He concludes that the Soviet Jews are true revolutionaries and heroes.

Ben Aharon’s Regime Means Slavery, Poverty for All

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Begin criticizes Yitzhak Ben Aharon for his communist economic and social views. Begin shares how Ben Aharon threatened to resign after being angered by the Prime Minister. However, Labor Party Ministers convinced him to withdraw his resignation. A few weeks after, some of these same Labor Party Ministers attacked him for his economic and social views. They claimed that they “were surprised to learn about Mr. Ben Aharon’s ideas,” while Begin argues that everyone else knew about it. Begin continues to attack Ben Aharon’s eagerness to make Israel a socialist State. Begin is afraid of such a State because it would lead the country into a form of slavery, where almost everyone is in poverty.

American Jewish Congress

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A speech Begin gave while serving as the chairman of the debate at the 10th Annual American-Israel dialogue of the American Jewish Congress. The word revolution can be either progressive or retrogressive, depending on who the revolutionaries are fighting and their ultimate goals. After the calls to slaughter the Jews were ignored in the 1930s the left cannot expect Israel and the Jews to just ignore the Palestinian and wider Arab calls for the destruction of Israel and extermination of the Jews. Begin says that the people on the New Left are ignorant of the history of the Jews. Violence as used in revolutions should only be used against tyrannies. In democracies, there are other, better ways to bring about change. The Arabs have 20 countries and a vast land. There is no problem if a percent of them live in Israel, and there is no reason for countries to only have one ethnic group in them. That is the thinking of Hitler.