If Arjan Fassad had actually read "Strickly Illegal" Rather than gone for a quick check on line, he would have known that The Petra and all 250 passengers were being held in Haifa because the British would not allow them onto the land. Therefore, the only way for hagana to get these immigants into the country would be to get them off the ship -- hence the explosive charge -- But what Hagana didn't realize was how weak and internally rotted away the ship'ds hull was -- redering the explosive more powerful then was expected. It was originally created to blow a small hole into the side -- causing a slow sinking that would force the british to unload the passengers, allowing them into the country. Get your facts straight buddy.
Of course it's one sided but i see the other side all the time, hence this clipping.
I've got tons of evidence, enough to conclude that Israel runs our Mideast policy, they say so themselves. This is the single greatest cause of injustice in the Mid east. Injustice =War. There will be no peace regardless of Sharon or Arafat, as long as the US supports Zionazi's there will be war.
From: Arjan El Fassed
Here, in chronological order, is a list of twelve major
tactics of modern terrorism and the dates of their
first introduction into the conflict over Palestine by
members of the Irgun or Stern gang, (zionist terrorists
which included Arial Sharon) and in one case by the
Hagana, which was the military organisation of the
Jewish Agency. Four of the twelve incidents, it should
be noted, took place outside the borders of Palestine
and are thus also early instances of international
terrorism:
1. Grenade in cafes: first used against Palestinians in
Jerusalem, 17 March 1937 (Colonial 146, HM Stationary
Office, London, 1938);
2. Delayed-action, electrically timed mines in crowded
market places: first used against Palestinians in
Haifa, 6 July 1938 (Sefer Toldot Ha Haganah, Tel Aviv:
Zionist Library and Marakot, 1954-1972: "This tactic
was the
fruit of the planning of a number of young ETZEL [i.e.,
Irgun] leaders" (Chapt. 43, p. 812);
3. Blowing up a ship with its civilian passengers still
on board: first used in Haifa, 25 November 1940.
Although the action was politically aimed at the
British, the ship in question, the Patria, had 1700
Jewish immigrants on board (the incident caused the
death of 252 Jewish illegal immigrants and British
police personnel, according to "A Survey of Palestine,
Jerusalem: Government Printer, 1946), vol. I, p. 61;
see also Munya M. Mardor, Strictly Illegal (London,
1957, pp. 56ff).
