http://kahane.blogspot.com/2007/07/59-years-since-sinking-of-altalena.html
The story of the massacre of the crew of the Altalena is a very important one which must never be forgotten. It reveals the hypocricy of the left when they talk of how terrible "the murderer" Yigal Amir was for killing one man (who, as it so happens, was one of the murderers who opened fire on the Altalena), whilst at the same time they whitewash and even glorify the actions of the Marxists within the Palmach, who killed so many good Jews on the Altalena; it reminds us of the lengths that these people will go to prevent the rising of a real, proud Jewish State; and it shows us how naive and stupid some people are for their overwhelming belief that pacifist actions will suffice when fighting against the injustices perpetrated by these people. Never forget.
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You're right, it's a dark spot on our history. In fact, in Menachem Begin's book "The Revolt" he states that the Hagana leadership told him that they will go to war against him! The Hagana told Begin that if he wants a civil war he can have one, even though Begin stressed every time that he doesn't want power, he is fighting to liberate the homeland! We see it today, appeasement of the Arabs and the cruel treatment towards the Jews. Think about this, in the 21st century, which country expels Jews out of their homes and hands those homes over to an enemy? Not Germany, not Russia, not France... but Israel.
http://www.jackgur.com/FiveChapters.htm
The ALTALENA massacre:
Menachem Begin by reason of his emotional state of mind, could not control his grief over the ALTALENA carnage, and wept in front of the entire world.
He quoted Jabotinsky: Oh, we shall pay you back Cain, we shall pay you back! עוד שלם נשלם לך קין! However, as in the past, Begin did not retaliate, he declared that his intention is to avoid a “civil war.”
Yet many revered IRGUN, and LECHI commanders and soldiers alike, among them many civilians religious and seculars, commentators, and statesmen in Israel, in the USA and Europe, claimed that it was a tragic blunder not to retaliate and punish him.
Since the majority in Israel and abroad detested the British/Nazi regime in the Land of Israel, and sided with Jabotinsky’s camp even before the outrageous saizon period, when Ben-Gurion and his henchmen marched in the streets of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, with the red flag, chanting the Internationale in our Hebrew tongue, and proclaiming: Stalin is the Sun!
And the - alienated and divided religious parties? Specifically their leaders? Well, for Etnan zonah (harlot’s-pay) they sided with the Sanballats. What is Etnan zonah asked the Medrash Tmurah? And the Medrash answered:
One who says to the harlot: Take this lamb for your wages…
Thus the religious leaders collaborated with the Sanballats—
inflicting on us bloody destructive events to this day!
So here again distinguished readers—you be the judge!
The ALTALENA fully equipped... The ALTALENA on fire
The vicious crime of bombarding the ALTALENA, murdering 32 children of Israel freedom fighters in the confrontation with the enemy within headed by Devil Ben-Gurion.
In addition, according to independent military analysts, confirmed by the heads of the Haganah, the Altalena carried weapons and equipment [which have been obtained with blood and sweat] would have saved the lives of thousands killed in the battles against those Arab/Hitlerites, whose sole aim was to annihilate the fledgling State and murder the הפליטה שארית -- the children of Israel which had survived the Holocaust.