Peloni: So much was damage was caused by the inability of the Left to share power, and this legacy of destruction persists to this day.
Like in the days of the “Altalena,” violent protests are being used to suppress the nationalist camp, this time under the banner of “saving democracy.”
Ronn Torossian | Sept 28, 2025
June 1948. The ship Altalena on fire after being shelled near Tel-Aviv. Altalena was a ship of the right wing zionist organisation “Irgun”, which tried to give weapons to the fighters of Irgun in Israel. The Israeli government refused the existence of weapons furnitures without the control of IDF, and fought against the boat. Photo by Hans Pinn – Source: Slater, Elinor & Robert Great Moments in Jewish History, (Jonathan David Publishers, 1998) ISBN 0824604083, p.205 (Moments of Despair), Public Domain, Wikipedia
Israel’s political left has long had a pattern stretching all the way from the British Mandate era to our turbulent present: When their ideological opponents succeed, when the right gains ground, they slander, cheat, lie, suppress and accuse.
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