nov 17, 1944 - "Foreign Secretary gave the House a full report
of the assassination of Lord Moyne...It has
affected none more strongly than those, like
myself, who, in the past, have been consistent
friends of the Jews and constant architects of
their future. If our dreams for Zionism are to
end in the smoke of assassins' pistols and our
labours for its future to produce only a new
set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany"
Winston Churchill- PALESTINE (TERRORIST
ACTIVITIES)
HC Deb 17 November 1944 vol 404 cc2242-4
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PALESTINE (TERRORIST ACTIVITIES)
HC Deb 17 November 1944 vol 404 cc2242-4
Winston Churchill-
"On Thursday last, my right hon. Friend the
Foreign Secretary gave the House a full report of the assassination of Lord Moyne. This shameful crime has shocked the world. It has affected none more strongly than those, like myself, who, in the past, have been consistent friends of the Jews and constant architects of their future. If our dreams for Zionism are to end in the smoke of assassins' pistols and our labours for its future to produce only a new set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany, many like myself will have to reconsider the position we have maintained so consistently and so long in the past. If there is to be any hope of a peaceful and successful future for Zionism, these wicked activities must cease, and those responsible for them must be destroyed root and branch. The primary responsibility must, of course, rest with the Palestine authorities under His Majesty's Government. These authorities are already engaged in an active and thorough campaign against the Stern Gang and the larger, but hardly less dangerous, Irgun Zvai Leumi. In particular, the Palestine police have been loyally and effectively carrying out their duties in the midst of constant danger."
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