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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: FaultLine who wrote (3856)10/9/2001 6:18:41 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"Altalena" is a reference to the time when the Zionists had to bring their extremists to heel. In June 1948 the Altalena, a ship carrying arms and volunteers for the Irgun arrived in Israel. David Ben Gurion ordered that it be turned over to the Zahal (regular army); Menachim Begin refused; then Ben Gurion ordered the Altalena sunk, and it was. A young officer named Yitzhak Rabin saw to the sinking.

Arafat's Altalena moment is Israeli shorthand for the moment when he must control Hamas or be destroyed by Hamas.
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