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Authors Expose Terroirist Aim s of Fedayeen
Terrorism is a menace to Israel and to the peatce of the Middle
Fast. But it is not a mystery. It is well understood by, the people whose
destruction it seeks. Its leaders are well known. New in a thorough
study of the major factors in the guerrilla warfare, against Israel, it
is even better understood.
Two well trained newsmen, Zeev Schiff, member of the editorial
board of the Israel daily llaaretz, and Raphael Rtithstein, member of
the New York Times news service and a former correspondent for
the Washington Post. in "Fedayeen—Guerrillas Against Israel," pub-
lished by David McKay Co., provide most thorough research into the
organizational structures of the terror-inciting groups, expose their
commanders, show pictorially the form of murderous plans that are
being formulated and analyze intentions and the future outcome of
the destructive forces.
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map 'pro- also provide a record of Ilagana
vided by the authors of this most
its leaders, the assistance and
valuable work reveals additionally teachings to Israel's defenders by
the
locations of the fedayeen Orde Wingate.
groups in Syria and Lebanon
The authors have included in
It will be seen here that while
their study the role of the Is-
some fedayeen operated in the
raeli Arabs, the activities of
Israel-administered Gaza Strip.
"the enemy within," and they
most of the terrorist locations are
assert that "most of the Arabs
m Syria and Lebanon. This ex•
on the West Bank were unlikely
plains some of the recent Israeli
prospects for recruitment by the
attacks on fedayeen strongholds
fedayeen but some youths were
within Lebanon.
attracted to the Palestine lib-
eration movement and crossed
The background material incor-
to the East Bank where they
porated in this revealing column
were trained by several guer-
offers material relating to the
rilla and terrorist groups."
rise of the so-called Palestinian
movement. It shows that the Pal-
It was in Gaza that fedayeen
estinians are new to Israel, that:
were successful: "Israeli author-
"Those who reject the validity ities found that as many as 80 per
of the Palestinian claim to nation- cent of those youths approached
hood correctly point out that there
by the fedayeen responded affir-
never was a nation known as matively."
Palestine and that most of those
Punishments for terrorism are
who fled the section of Palestine listed, and it is pointed out that
granted by the United Nations to destruction of property rather than
Israel had lived in the land for taking lives was considered the
less than a generation. Indeed,
lesser evil by Israeli authorities.
much of the land in dispute had
Soviet and Chinese relationships
never belonged to individual Arabs with the terrorists are reviewed,
but to rich Arab landowners who, and the authors express the view
more often than not, spent most
that Russia looked with contempt
of their time in comfort in Paris,
upon some of the guerrillas, stat-
Beirut or Cairo while Palestinian
ing: "If it had not been for the
peasants worked their land as
success of Communist China in
sharecroppers. Furthermore, a wooing the Palestinians. it is like-
good deal of the land the Jews ly the Soviet Union would still be
had settled had been purchased
treating Yasir Arafat and other •
from Turkish and Arab landowners
Palestinian leaders with the con-
from 1880 to 1948 by the Jewish temptuous condescension powerful
ational Fund."
and confident adults reserve for
Mile describing the tradition of obstreperous infants."
.1* and the emergence of Arab
Various positive planning '
-rs, Yasir Arafat, George schemes for Arabs, including the
and others, the authors Alton Plan for future autonomous
economic and cultural rule, are
described in evaluating the Israel-
Arab relationships.
An interesting account is giv-
en of a secret meeting King
Hussein of Jordon and Yigal
Alton
conducted in
October
1970 on
the
Israel-Jordanian
border. They embraced, ex-
changed greetings, and Allon con-
gratulated the Jordanian king
on his successful operations
against the threatening Syrians.
Describing that meeting, Schiff I
and Rothstein state that Hussein
confided to the Israeli deputy
prime minister: "Often we would
wonder why you would be bomb-
ing a certain area. But afterward
we would find fedayeen tunnels
and fortifications. I can now see
what fantastic intelligence you
have. - Alton appealed to the king
for peace and explained his plan
for autonomy for Arabs.
Schiff and Rothstein say the
fedayeen activities were precipit-
ating factors that led to the Six-
Day War. They also suggest rifts
that arose between Nasser and the
fedayeen.
They also describe Lebanon's
role as a "non-belligerent dedicat-
ed to the preservation of the deli-
cate arrangement that carefully
divided offices and power between
Christians and Moslems."
"The fedayeen have failed so
far in their war against Israel
and their struggle tc reform reac-
tionary Arab regimes," the au-
thors declare. But they conclude
by indicating a need for a settle-
ment between Israel and the Pal-
estinians, and they add:
"Perhaps some day there will
be understanding between the
Palestinian people and Israel, but
the history of the Middle East
does not nourish hope or sustain
illusion. The state of Arab and
Jewish relations today offers lit-
tle more than bloodshed in the
future. The fedayeen can never
hope to regain Palestine by de-
stroying Israel. They can only con-
tinue to harass and to kill. Many
of their victims will be Jews, but
even more will be Arabs."
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