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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Facts and Fallacies of Deir Yassin 14 Jews in 92nd Congress
squarely upon the Arab soldiers
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its men had rifles, some had pis- whose duty it was—under any rule
of
war—to evacuate them the mo-
tols, a few had Sten guns, and the
heaviest weapon in their posses. ment that they turned Deir Yassin
into
a fortress, long before the
sion was a Bren light machine-
gun. For close fighting, they had battle for the village began. To-
hand-grenades; for the injured, tal Arab casualties, including sol-
two sulpha tablets per man and a diers and civilians, were counted
personal bandage. Some of them after the fighting at 200.
had never been in battle before;
The Irgun unit, with its limited
this was their first experience un- medical supplies, did what it could
to tend its own and the village
der fire.
A small open truck accompanied wounded, before taking them to
them, fitted with a loud-speaker. hospitals in Jerusalem.
This is the statement of Junes
In the early dawn light of April
10, 1948, it was driven close to Ahmad Assad, a prominent inha-
the village entrance and a warn- bitant of Deir Yassin who survived
ing was broadcast in Arabic to the battle:
civilian, noncombatant inhabitants
"The Jews never intended to
to withdraw from the danger zone, hurt the population of the village,
as an attack was imminent. Every- but were forced to do so after
one who left would be guaranteed they met enemy fire from the pop-
safe passage—if not, it would be ulation which killed the Irgun com-
his or her own responsibility. mander."
Some 200 villagers did come
It was published in the Jorda-
out and took shelter on the nian daily "Al Urdun" of April 9,
lower slopes of the hill on which 1955. Its only inaccuracy is in re-
Deir Yassin was perched. None spect to the Irgun commander:
of them, during or after the fight- Assad undoubtedly saw him fall in
ing, was hurt or molested in the attack, but he survived.
slightest, and all were afterwards
That the attackers, at the cost
transported to the fringe of the
Arab-held fifth of East Jerusalem of loss of surprise and, as is evi-
dent,
at the risk of avoidable cas-
and there released.
ualties, had warned the inhabi-
The actual battle of Deir Yassin tants before the attack is admitted
began with a typical Arab sub- in a pamphlet issued by the sec-
terfuge, which has been often re- retariat-general of the Arab
played since. The Palestinian Arab League, entitled "Israel's Agres-
and Iraqi garrison hung out white sion." On page 10 we find this:
flags from houses nearest the vil-
"On the night of April 9, 1948,
lage entrance; it was accompanied the peaceful Arab village of Deir
by a hail of fire. One of the first to Yassin, in the suburbs of Jerusa-
be hit was the Irgun commander. lem, was surprised by loud-speak-
Fierce house-to-house fighting fol- ers calling upon the inhabitants
lowed. Midway, the Irgunists ran of the village to evacuate it im-
out of ammunition, but went on as mediately."
best they could with the weapons The 'Big Lie'
and equipment found in the first
The Jewish authorities, then the
houses to fall into their hands. Jewish Agency and the Hagana,
Most of the stone buildings were voiced their deep distress at the
defended hotly and were captured time that civilians bad been killed
only after grenades were lobbed in the Deir Yassin battle. The
through their windows. Some of Arabs, who have never uttered a
the garrison, as the battle neared syllable of regret at any time for
its close, attempted to escape in their deliberate and premeditated
women's dress. When approached, slaughter of civilians, have since
they opened fire. They were dis- endeavored to interpret this ex-
covered to be wearing Iraqi mili- pression of sorrow on the part of
tary uniforms under the disguise. the Agency and the Hagana as
When the fighting ended, the "proof" of "guilt" The Agency
Irgun unit found that it had sus- and the Hagana, however, were
tained 41 casualties, four of in no position to "admit" or "con-
them fatal. In the captured houses tradict" anything, as their defense
they were horror-stricken to find units did not take part in the bat-
that, side by side with those of tle nor could they have known at
combatant Palestinians and Iraqis, first-band of the circumstances in
were the bodies of women and which civilian casualties had
children. Either these luckless vil- been caused. All the same, the es-
lagers had trusted in the Arab sol- sential facts are incontrovertible
diers to beat off the attack or and have never been contested.
had been prevented from leaving Deir Yassin was taken in battle as
the village with the others when a fortified and defended position.
the opportunity was given before Its civilians had been given am-
the fighting began or perhaps had ple opportunity to withdraw be-
been afraid to go. Whatever the fore the fighting, and those who
reason, they were the innocent vic- remained were killed unavoidably
tims of a cruel war and the re- and unintentionally.
sponsibility for their deaths rests
The Arab "Big Lie" ignores
completely the controversial prob-
lem that must have faced any
military man in attacking a forti-
fied and defended village, in which
civilians may be trapped and be
hurt in the course of battle. The
Irgun claimed that they had no
possibilty of knowing beforehand
TO
whether any civilians were left in
the village, after the evacuation
of 200 before the fighting be-
gan. This was no massacre of
an unarmed, peaceful village
population by a military unit as
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April
Arab propaganda pretends: the Ir-
gun fought and won a battle,
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there was no aftermath of outrage
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"Israel's Aggression," air e a d y
mentioned, is also to be found:
"The marauders were not satis-
fied with what they had com-
mitted in the village. They gath-
ered together the women and
girls who remained alive and,
after removing all their clothes,
put them in open cars and
drove them naked through the
Jewish streets of Jerusalem
where they were subjected to
mockery and insults of the on-
lookers. Many took photographs
of the women .. ."
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Guilt Projection
Anyone, with any knowledge of
Israel, or of its founding fathers
who fought the war of 1948, will
dismiss the charges of Arab propa-
ganda as tendentious and total
falsehood. Israelis familiar with
the Arab technique of guilt pro-
jection, however, recall poignantly
—on being confronted with the
Arab figments of Deir Yassin—how
true to life they are as mirroring
only too exactly the details of
Arab massacres of Jews, begin-
ning with the blood-baths of Hulda
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
92nd Congress, which convenes in
January, will include 14 Jews. Of
the 100 senators, only incumbents
Jacob K. Javits, New York Repub-
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Connecticut Democrat, are Jews.
Neither was up for re-election this
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Of the 435 congressmen, 12
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and 10 Democrats: Abner J. Mikva
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Joshua Eilberg, Pennsylvania;
Bella S. Abzug, Emanuel Celler,
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Of the 50 governors, three are
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