The Fateful Triangle Flashcards
Who was Moshe Dayan and in what positions did he serve within Israel?
He was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander in Jerusalem during the 1948 war, Chief of Staff for the Israeli Defense forces during the Suez crisis, and was Defense Minister during the 1967 six-day war.
In the lead up to the 1956 Suez Crisis, was Egypt trying to actively incite Israel to attack?
No, in fact an important study by Ehud Ya’ari, Egypt and the Fedayeen, based on captured Egyptian documents that reveal that Egypt was trying to avert an impending Israeli attack by keeping the border quiet.
What Lebanese high-level government officials openly condemned that Israeli invasion?
Christian UN Permanent Lebanese Ambassador Ghassan Tueni (https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/32540?ln=en#record-files-collapse-header), Mualim Prime Minister Shafik Wazzam, Druze leader Walid Jumlatt, Sunni Leader Saeb Salam,
After Israel retreated from West Beirut, how many Israelis were killed in the following months?
Since the end-of-September retreat, 17 Israelis had been killed and more than 90 wounded (this is not including the 76 that died after a building collapsed in Tyre because of a “gas leak”. In the three months after the war’s end, the amount of Jews killed in the course of the terrorist operations between 1980-1981.
After the 1982 invasion, what were the steps the Israeli army took to assure that there would be no “terrorists” remaining to attack the Israeli army during their retreat?
According to Hirsh Goodman, they conducted live-firing squads which cosnistued of indiscriminately shooting ruins and orchards along the way, essentially shooting randomly as they traversed Lebanese roads. A U.S marine commander complained that this put U.S soldiers in the Southern Beirut Sector at risk and the Israeli army responded by only shooting the side of the highway away from U.S marines.
In the Lebanon Invasion of 1982, what was the Israeli strategy?
Israel infiltrated from the south and pushed the Lebanese and PLO to West Beirut where they cut off supplies and mercilessly bombarded the civilian population. It could be argued that rather than the PLO “holding Lebanon hostage”, Israel held the Lebanese people hostage until the PLO was forced to retreat.
Did the PLO block exit from West Beirut during the Lebanon War? How about Israel? How about the Phalangists?
No. Reports of Western journalists in Beirut and others indicate that people could freely leave and that they did not consider themselves PLO hostages. (Israel in Lebanon , pg. 77) For those trying to escape through East Beirut, Israeli authorities and police detained them and sent them back their way. According to Martin Howe, the Phalangists refused exit to anyone without friends or relatives in Christian East Beirut.
When the Arabs seiged Jerusalem in 1948, how many Jews were killed?
About 2000 Jews.Although this is partly the fault of Israel, as the Israeli army prevented civilians from leaving the town and too many military centers were in the midst of civilian population. However, this does not justify the killings.
Why were military headquarters placed close to population centers in Jeusalem in 1948?
Under the British mandate, the Haganah military network was pushed under the cover of the legal civilian center, such as the Jewish Agency and the Histadrut [labor union]. (Meir Pail)
Were Jewish people ever the targets of Haganah terrorists?
Yes, in fact one of the first terrorist attacks of the Haganah was the murder of a religious Jew organizing among them in 1924 (Fateful Triangle, p.165)
in 1903, in Kishinev, what occured during the Christian Passover?
A rumor was spread about the killing of a Christian servant girl, which was ascribed to the Jews. This rumor, along with a rumor that the Tsar had allowed for a “bloody punishment” during the Passover, was spread by a conspiring secret organization which involved police and presumably the governor, leading to a riot which destroyed Jewish homes, stores, and , on the second day of passover on April 17th, led to the massacre of 45 Jews, 86 Jews being severely injured or crippled, and five hundred otherwise wounded and an undetermined amount raped. All of this occurred without any interference of the police or the governor for two days straight.Low level killers and plunderers were put on trial before the world while the organizers and government consiprators were left scott-free.
After Operation “Peace for Galilee”, what was the domestic Israeli reaction to the war?
Domestic support for Begin was at an all time high, with Labor effectively neutralized by the fact that the U.S gave the green light and the operation was a success.
What was teh reaction of the Socialist International to “Operation Peace for Galilee”?
The Socialist International condemned the brutal war, and its Portugese head, Mario Soares, described their “impression of horror”. He had also stated that he had the impression that the attacks were “selective”, aiming at such targets as the place of residence of a French ambassador and of journalists and political figures.
During Peace for Galilee, who was elected president of Lebanon and how did it favor Israel?
Israel’s preferred candidate, Bashir Gemayel, who was the head of the Phalangist Lebanese forces, was elected under Israeli guns.
