on to fight the left Batish.
Shamir's ascent to naturally focused attention on his past and an Israeli journalist recently asked kim about the Stern gang's incredible proposal. Said Shamir: plan to turn to Italy for help and to make contact with Germany on the that about a massive Jewish immigration (to Palestine): 1 opposed this, but 1 did join Lehi after the idea of contacts with the Aris countries was dropped.
Even if Shamir were now telling the truth, he actually is confessing that he poined a pack of would-be aborators with Hitler. is lying. Late in 1940 a Sternist, Naftali Lubentschik, met with two German diplomats in Vichy-run Beirut, gave them the Stern gang's "proposal', Which was found after the war in the Nazi files. Although Shamir is now claiming that he joined Stern only after mad proposal was 'dropped', was the Hitlerites who were not incrested in any would-be Zionist allies. Here we print excerpts from the Stern Gang's proposals.
utterances statesmen of "There was a Germany that a bring question ('"Jew-free Europe").
colBut, in fact, he home of the its historical boundaries. freedom 'IT IS often stated in the speeches Military of the leading National Socialist Order Europe requires as a prerequisite Zionist the radical solution of the Jewish through evacuation The evacuation of the Jewish masses from Europe is a precondition for solving the Jewish question; but this can only be made possible and complete through the settlement of these masses in the Jewish people, through the establishment of a Jewish state in The solving in this manner of the Jewish wich in the ther the orging ¡beraton or Jewish people once and for all, is the objective of the political activity and the years long struggle of the Jewish National Organisation (Irgun Leumi) in Palestine.
The NMO, which is well-acquainted with the goodwill of the German Reich Germany and towards Zionist emigration plans, is of the opinion that: 1) Common interests could exist between the establishment of a new order in Europe in conformity with the German concept, and the true national aspirations of the people as they are embodied by the NMO. 2) Cooperation between the new Germany renewed folkishnational Hebraium would be possible and 3) The establishment of the historical on national totalitarian basis, and bound by a treaty with the German would be in the interest of a maintained and strengthened future German position of power in the Near East. Zvai Proceeding from these considera tions, the NMO in Palestine, under the condition the tional aspirations of the Israeli freedom movement are recognised on the side of the German Keich. take part in the war on Germany's side. This offer by the NMO, covering activity in the military, political and information fields, in Palestine and, ac cording to our tions, outside Palestine, would be conJewish nected to the military organising of Jewish Europe, under the leadership and command of the NMO. These military units would take part in the fight to conquer Palestine, should such a front be decided upon.
The indirect participation Israeli freedom movement in the New Reich, Order EuroDe.
preparatory stage, would be linked with a posluve ratical soluton of tae curo pean Jewish problem in conformity with the above-mentioned above-mentioned offers to actively succule defeat England.... determined preparatraining and manpower in and the Arabs, Jewish socialists.' of the • Lenni already the (Croom Helm, national Press. aspirations of the Jewish people. This would extraordinarily strengthen the moral basis of the New Order in the eyes of all humanity. The cooperation of the Israeli freedom movement would also be along the lines of one of the last German Reich Chancellor, in which Hitler emphasised that he would utilise every combination and coalition in order to isolate and ....The NMO is closely related to th its alterlag and stricture. The ideology structure. fighting capacity of the NMO could never be paralysed or seriously weaken_strong defensive measures by the English administration , nor by those of the Brenner is the author of Zionism in the Age of the Dictators £9.95). His The Iron Wall: A History of Zionist Revisionism will be published next Spring by Zed
Socialist Action 6 January 1984