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Irgun Zvai Leumi — Part 8
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“sabre” of reaction, he said: { _-
“There is not in our activities or |
in the composition of the Irgun!
any element bkely to create a trend|
in our ranks to ‘ultimate rightist:
*
Men Beigin has a & ership. We’ are conscious, :
a ($8000) price on his heed. ver, of powerful feeling among
: Will Strive to Win . - all our members not only for me
. AU Pelestine freedom and for social ‘And
; “Can exist under a legally : free fecha ee do ae utmost to
p constituted Jewish state established ng we J
: UN authority?’ I asked the} “we have every reason to be-
3 esman. ; lieve that our members, to. what-
5 “We are taking every possibility may belong in a
s into account and it is premature to oF Ete when it
+ reveal our plans,” he replied. “We ve by example their fidelity ,
— shall not give up our striving for the I aamocra and. ce,
5 oration af ‘the Me ° of our re as they proved their Ioyalty to
x ion ory and we lecide .
o course of action when the time national trope” _
— mes. We shall not raise our arms!
73 gainst a Jewish
* He admitted that the Haganah,
which is trying to exti terror-
ism, is comprised mostly of the
forces of Jewish labor and pro-
; ive socialism, but claimed that
a ; is does not mean that the Irgun
. therefore is a rightist force or anti-
Lote
ism,” he said. “It arises from the
fact that the forces against us were
not prepared to fight the British,
to force them out and td make pos-
sible the erection of a whole few-
ish state—while we were are
Pe these statements, however, Ae
pear to put Irgun in 2 difficult
position, since if a Jewish
created Haganah would become the
offcial army, or the police power,
of such a state and it is now openly
ledicated to stamp out Irgumist
' rror tactics. The Irgun thus has
ledged: at this interview not to
t, yet euch a government would,
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