Saturday, March 06, 2010

Correction

In my article on Mossad for Aljazeera.net (English), I cited a reference in Menachem Begin's The Revolt. The editor volunteered a quotation that was not in my original article. This has been since taken out once I noticed. I thanks Goran for alerting me. The quotation in question about Dayr Yasin is often attributed to Begin in his book The Revolt while in reality it appeared in an American publication. Begin told The New York Jewish Newsletter in October 1960 that "The massacre was not only justified, but there would not have been a state of Israel without the victory at Deir Yassin."