St. Louis Jewish Light · St. Louis, Missouri · 6 March 1947

CP-1947-028

The Truth Behind Those Headlines

95 Percent of Palestinian Jews Oppose the Terrorists

By Reuven Dafni

Transcribed from the clipping

“EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this article was the commander of the group of Palestinian Jews who served in the British Military Intelligence behind German lines in Nazi Europe… I would like to touch now one problem which I am sure must have been in your minds for the last number of months. It is the so-called terrorism. Let me tell you first of all that I have yet to meet that American Jew who is more opposed to terrorism than I am, and 95 percent of the Palestinian Jews. I have yet to meet him. On the contrary, I have found in this country (the United States) more moral and more financial support for the terrorists in Palestine than there exists in Palestine… <b>Not Criminal, Just Desperate.</b> But I want to be very fair. They are no criminals either. They are good and fine and decent boys and girls, Jewish boys and girls, who have been driven into desperation so much that they are so mad they do not realize that by what they are doing they are playing the British game.”

Context added by this archive

A speech to the United Jewish Appeal conference, arguing that American Jews funded the armed groups more readily than Palestine’s Jews supported them.

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"The Truth Behind Those Headlines," St. Louis Jewish Light, 6 March 1947. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1947-028. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1947-028

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