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We're back with Evan of Left of the Projector for the third (maybe second?) entry in the History in Film series. This time it's 1960's Zionist epic, Exodus. Based on the novel of the same name by Leon Uris, this film aimed to convince American Jewry to consider the State of Israel (at this point, only twelve years old) as a nation deserving their investment, sympathy, and loyalty.

Somehow, we've dragged along Sam and Gabe from Labor Jawn to slog our way through this three and half hour long piece of Zionist propaganda...at least we got a shirtless Paul Newman out of it.

Primary Sources:
In Vigilant Brotherhood by The American Jewish Committee - (see pg 64-70 for "The Blaustein-Ben-Gurion Agreement")
"Is Zionism a Liberating Democratic Movement?" by Henryk Erlich
"This is a struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness, between humanity and the law of the jungle" Tweet by Benjamin Netanyahu
"שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט [Quiet, the Night is Full of Stars]" performed by Isabel Frey

Resources:
Answer Coalition
The Anti-Imperialist Archive
Jewish Voices for Peace
Middle East Children's Alliance
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Palestinian Youth Movement

Labor Jawn:
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Levi Levi:
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Email: levi0levi@duck.com

Big thanks to Plasmid for the music for the show: Instagram - @plasmidband. Listen / follow on Spotify

 Det var fredag formiddag den 19. juli 1946, og tre mænd,  med stod og talte sammen i en bygning i Jerusalems Bukharian-kvarter. Disse fire blev orienteret først, fordi deres plan om et terrorangreb på hotellet krævede, at de skulle ankomme til hotellet som de første. De øvrige medlemmer, som skulle deltage i angrebet, og hvoraf det præcise antal er ukendt, ville samles senere.

Den ene af dem hoppede i et par baggy hvide bukser, viklede et rødt skærf om sin talje, tog en kort rød jakke og vest på og placerede en fez, en traditionel muslimsk hovedbeklædning, på hovedet. En anden af de tilstedeværende, som blot var en stor teenagedreng, iførte sig de blå overalls, som de fleste lastbilchauffører og budbringere i Jerusalem på den tid bar. De sidste af de tilstedeværende mænd iførte sig lange arabiske blå kapper og hvid- og rødternede hovedbeklædninger. De pegede på hinanden, grinede af tøjet, spøgte på arabisk og lavede piruetter.

Klokken 12.37 samme dag sprang en bombe, som denne gruppe mænd havde placeret på Hotel King David i Jerusalem, der på dette tidspunkt lå i Mandatområdet Palæstina, og slå 91 mennesker ihjel. En stor del af hotellets sydlige fløj, hvor det britiske sekretariat lå, dem, som på daværende tidspunkt styrede området, kollapsede, og det tog redningsmandskabet 2.000 lastbilsladninger med murbrokker over tre dage at finde ind til de døde og få overlevende. Men intet i dette angreb var, som det så ud til at være. Lige som alt andet i denne konflikt, var og er det det den dag i dag svært at finde op og ned, hoved og hale på historierne og konflikterne.

Kilder:
By blood and fire by Thurston Clarke
Bethell, Nicholas (1979). The Palestine Triangle. Andre Deutsch.
Jerusalem – British Beneath the surface Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
Jerusalem – British Beneath the surface Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
Jerusalem – British Beneath the surface Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 26, 2009.

Musik brugt i afsnittet:
Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/
Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion
Arabic Dance af Giulio Fazio: https://uppbeat.io/track/giulio-fazio/arabic-dance
Hava Nagila af Music_for-Videos: https://pixabay.com/music/folk-hava-nagila-violin-128866/
Pour Oil - Hanukkah Band (Simu Shemen) - P5 af Soundphenomenon https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/143109141-pour-oil-hanukkah-band-simu-shemen
Crying Violin 30 Second Edit af Soundphenomenon: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/108114928-crying-violin-30-second-edit
Traditional Jewish Music: Shalom Aleichem Clarinet Trio af mbanksbenson: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/107349401-traditional-jewish-music-shalom-aleichem-clarinet-trio
Jewish Folk - Oseh Shalom Bimromav -Slow And Dramedy (Violin And Accordion) - P5 af eyeformusic: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/105999167-jewish-folk-oseh-shalom-bimromav-slow-and-dramedy-violin-and

Historierne, du hører, bygger på journalistisk research og fakta. De kan indeholde fiktive elementer som for eksempel dialog eller tanker. Afsnittet er skrevet, tilrettelagt, produceret og fortalt af Natasja Engholm.

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1.  Intro  2. The Terrorist in the Ancient world   3. 17th, 18th & 19th Century Terror   4. The Anti-Colonial Wave  5. Extremism and Technology 6. Spectaculars  7. State Sponsored Terrorism and the Lone Wolf   8. The Future   p.s. The Reaper

Whether the Sicarii of ancient Judea or Al-Qaeda of modern times, terrorist groups and their accompanying violence have scarred human existence for millennia.  Technology and human interdependence – along with the rise of air travel, computing and the advent of high explosives – have ensured that anyone with a grudge or malign political motive, can resort to violence in order to achieve their aims.  Sometimes that very violence is an end in itself and the late twentieth century saw the rise of terrorist organisations whose aim was to create as much destruction and bloodshed as possible.  The late 1960s saw Palestinian terrorism on the rise, closely followed by the radical left wing European groups such as the Red Army faction.  Later, there came the mercenary types such as Abu Nidal and Carlos the Jackal.  Finally there came the extremist Islamic groups:  Al Qaeda and Isis.

But the tactics of all these groups flowed from the post-Colonial era, when kidnapping, hostage-taking and car bombings were the norm, and often achieved results.  This then is the blood-soaked trail, and the placing of terrorist incidents in the context of wider asymmetric threats.  Terrorism can be a tool of both the deranged individual and the oppressive state.  We ignore such threats at our peril.

So it goes,

Tom Assheton & James Jackson

Reading reference:

The Reaper and others articles by James Jackson read by Joe Pelissier

See also:

YouTube: BloodyViolentHistory

https://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/

https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.com

https://www.tomtom.co.uk

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