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British Israeli terrorist killed in Gaza (hexbear.net)

submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Btw, here's a little anecdote from lightiggy:

PALESTINE: War for the Jerusalem Road (April 19, 1948)

Cowardly terrorists vs. heroes:

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I....I'm so confused by the anecdote; so if I understand it correctly (cause this is like one of those weird math questions), there were five deserters from a Palestine police force (and since it's 1948, I'm not sure if this Palestine police force is from when Israel was still called Palestine (hence the police force would be soon-to-be Israeli) or if they're actually supposed to be a police force serving the Palestinians), and two of them were on the Jewish side and the other three (all five being deserters) were fighting for the Arab side?

I'm so confused by the wording of the anecdote (because again, at this time Israel may still have been called Palestine, and the Palestine police may have actually just been zionist forces)

British man fighting for Israel because he (the BRITISH man) has nowhere else to go; if only there was like....I don't know, at least ONE British country out there somewhere. Poor Palestinian soldiers just standing there when this guy just spawns out of the aether just to get 360 no scoped.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was confused too, but I believe the 'Palestine Police' would refer to British authorities of Mandatory Palestine. Five Brits were fighting for the Arabs and heard another deserter on the Jewish side, so it seems there were more than just five deserters, all five numbered being on the Arab side but two of those five having heard the other unnumbered Brit shout.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

It is difficult to be certain of their number, and reported figures have varied. For the pro-Jewish group of deserters, one article put the number at twelve, while a Jewish veterans’ association estimated that there were around 20. 2 We have identified 17 deserters by name, all of whom joined the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The pro-Arab deserters were more dispersed, with individuals joining the irregular Palestinian Arab militia al-Jihad al-Muqaddas (Holy War Army), led by Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini and Hasan Salama, as well as the Arab Liberation Army (ALA), a force established by the Arab League, with Fawzi al-Qawuqji as its main commander. 3 Deserters were also witnessed fighting with Transjordan’s professional and effective force, the Arab Legion, commanded by the seconded British officer, John Bagot Glubb.4 A low estimate of this pro-Arab group of deserters was put at 53,5 while the highest estimate set their number at around 200.6 After analysing numerous reports on and mentions of these pro-Arab deserters, a figure of between 100 and 200 spread across all three forces seems correct.

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