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| | ==PLO's Ahmad Shukeiri== | | ==PLO's Ahmad Shukeiri== |
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| − | [[Palestinian]] [[Ahmad Shukeiri]], before the '67 [[Six-Day War]], had declared his support for the Viet Cong. | + | [[Palestinian]] [[Ahmad Shukeiri]], a year before the '67 [[Six-Day War]], had declared his support for the Viet Cong.<ref>Irving Louis Horowitz (1974) "Israeli Ecstasies/Jewish Agonies". Oxford University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cb9tAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Landowner p. 11]. |
| − | <ref>Irving Louis Horowitz (1974) "Israeli Ecstasies/Jewish Agonies". Oxford University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cb9tAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Landowner p. 11]. | |
| | <blockquote>ARAB POLICIES. | | <blockquote>ARAB POLICIES. |
| | In the 1930's Arab terrorists and "guerrillas" waged a continuous war against Jewish settlements in Palestine: arson, destruction of wells and pipelines, and murder. Then as now, they were part of the apparatus of "Arab liberation." | | In the 1930's Arab terrorists and "guerrillas" waged a continuous war against Jewish settlements in Palestine: arson, destruction of wells and pipelines, and murder. Then as now, they were part of the apparatus of "Arab liberation." |
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| | ''... To have permitted him to function, while he was threatening the United States with an '''alliance with the Vietcong''', was viewed by many as a grave danger. | | ''... To have permitted him to function, while he was threatening the United States with an '''alliance with the Vietcong''', was viewed by many as a grave danger. |
| | Now Shukeiri and his PLO have come home to roost—and they could well instigate the Arab peoples who are unaware of the existing dangers to involve Israel and the entire free world in a third world conflict.''</ref> | | Now Shukeiri and his PLO have come home to roost—and they could well instigate the Arab peoples who are unaware of the existing dangers to involve Israel and the entire free world in a third world conflict.''</ref> |
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| | + | It was in June, 1966, Shukairy defiantly declared that the Palestine Liberation Army was receiving military assistance as well as training from the Chinese [[Communists]]. In the same month, as a corollary, PLO announced, in programs broadcast over Radio Cairo, that it was preparing to intervene in the Vietnam war. |
| | + | According to Shukairy, the PLO had decided to send its soldiers "to fight alongside the Viet Cong." |
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| | + | Explaining that by serving with the Viet Cong, troops of the PLO would gain valuable experience in guerilla warfare "which will be used in the inevitable war to liberate Palestine."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4zxDAQAAIAAJ&q=In+June,+1966,+Shukairy+defiantly+declared ''Facts'', Volume 16, B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League, p. 425]. |
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| | + | In June, 1966, Shukairy defiantly declared that the Palestine Liberation Army was receiving military assistance as well as training from the Chinese Communists. In the same month, as a corollary, PLO announced, in programs broadcast over Radio Cairo, that it was preparing to intervene in the Vietnam war.<br><br> |
| | + | According to Shukairy, the PLO had decided to send its soldiers "to fight alongside the Viet Cong." |
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| | + | He said that by serving with the Viet Cong, troops of the PLO would gain valuable experience in guerilla warfare "which will be used in the inevitable war to liberate Palestine."</blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | In November 1966, Shukairy stated that his guerrillas would soon begin an expanded terrorist offensive in Israel modeled partly on the methods of the Vietcong. |
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| | + | He also let it be known that many of his men are being trained in Communist China His plan is to send these guerrillas into the two bulges. He already has some 10,000 troops under his command in the Gaza trip.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1966/12/02/01/article/164 Behind The Scenes At The United Nations By David Horowitz], B'nai B'rith, Dec 2, 1966. |
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| | + | THE GREAT danger for Israel, despite King Hussein's disclaimer of any involvement, lies in the Arab refugee problem in these bulges who have sworn allegiance to the modern Antiochus Ahmad Shukairy who is arming them to the teeth in preparation for an all-out offensive. |
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| | + | Interviewed by a New York Times corresponding in Cairo last week. Shukairy stated that his guerrillas would soon begin an expanded terrorist offensive in Israel modeled partly on the methods of the Vietcong. |
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| | + | He also let it be known that many of his men are being trained in Communist China His plan is to send these guerrillas into the two bulges. He already has some 10,000 troops under his command in the Gaza trip. |
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| | + | These facts were not unknown to the Security Council members when they voted to condemn Israel. |
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| | + | The question arises: should Israel wait until this happens? Should Israel remain silent and allow Shukairy's Peking and Viet-cong-trained guerrillas to organize and strengthen themselves into the two bulges in readiness for their eventual offensive? |
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| | + | THIS WRITER believes waiting would be suicidal...</blockquote></ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |