Mastodawn

The #Palmach Third Battalion again attacked the #Palestinian village of #alHusayniyya near #Safad on #ThisDayInHistory in 1948. A total of 45, mostly unarmed people were killed in these attacks, with the survivors fleeing. To-day only stone piles from demolished houses remain.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Mar 12

During the #Nakba/#1948War, #Zionist special forces unit #Palmach twice attacked the #Palestinian village #alHusayniyya, the first on #ThisDayInHistory in 1948. An Iraqi volunteer unit helped to defend the village but 15 Palestinians were killed in fighting throughout the night.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Feb 15

In apparent revenge for the #ConvoyOf35 (a #Palestinian attack on a military convoy), #Zionist special forces unit #Palmach committed the #SasaMassacre at Sa'sa' (سعسع) near #Safed/#Tzfat on #ThisDayInHistory in 1948, killing 60-80 civilians in their homes with no resistance.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Jan 17

British-Jewish hairstylist #VidalSassoon was born #ThisDayInHistory in 1928. After #WWII he joined the militant #antifascist #43Group, fighting (with scissors) to stop #OswaldMosley's #fascists from regaining support. Sadly, he also fought with #Palmach in Palestine's #1948War.

#KeinVerblassen Apr 26, 2023

Mit 9 Jahren entkam David Eskeles nur knapp dem Naziterror. Um in #Palästina einen Zufluchtsort für alle Jüd*innen zu schaffen, schloss er sich der linken Elitemiliz #Palmach an.

Er wurde Offizier der #IDF und gründete später das #Kibbutz Palmachim.

#Israel75
#YomHaatzmaut

JeanLuc Stewart Nov 30, 2022

#Israel #Palmach #Teilungsplan

https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/israel/fuer-herzls-vision/

Für Herzls Vision

Unser Autor feierte in Jerusalem den Beschluss der Vereinten Nationen vom 29. November 1947 – und kämpfte bei der Palmach für die Unabhängigkeit

Jüdische Allgemeine

Heidrun Wiesenmüller May 3, 2022

Article in the #JerusalemPost:

"The story of the daring #pilot Zahara Levitov"

"Zahara #Levitov was a #Palmach fighter and among the first #women to fly #planes in the newly established IDF, but her service was cut short by a tragic crash."

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-705679

#WomensHistory
#Aviator
#Israel