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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

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Type: Book excerpt / memoir page (evidence file)
File Size: 2.28 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page (p. 31) from a memoir, likely by Ehud Barak given the specific references to Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon. It details historical reflections on the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, specifically the moral conflict regarding the displacement of Arabs and the subsequent violent eviction of Jewish Yemeni refugees from the village of Wadi Khawaret by members of the narrator's own kibbutz. The page is marked with a House Oversight stamp, indicating it was part of a document production for a congressional investigation.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Giora Mentioned subject
The narrator wonders what would happen to Giora if the siege succeeded.
Ben-Gurion Historical Figure (David Ben-Gurion)
Accepted the plan for two states.
The 35 Historical Figures
Refers to the 'Convoy of 35' who were murdered and mutilated.
Narrator Author/Speaker (Likely Ehud Barak based on context of Mishmar Hasharon)
A member of Mishmar Hasharon reflecting on the 1948 war and moral conflicts regarding refugees.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
Mishmar Hasharon
Kibbutz where the narrator lived and whose members attacked Yemeni refugees.
United Nations (UN)
Referenced regarding the partition vote.
Davar le Yeladim
A publication (children's magazine) that published photos of the airlift.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (2 events)

Post-1948 War
Eviction of Yemeni refugees from Wadi Khawaret by a posse of young men from Mishmar Hasharon armed with clubs.
Wadi Khawaret
Mishmar Hasharon members Yemeni refugee families
Post-1948 War
Airlift of 50,000 Jews from Yemen to Israel.
Yemen to Israel
Yemeni Jews

Locations (9)

Location Context
Country context.
Kibbutz.
Village/land area occupied by the Kibbutz and briefly by Yemeni refugees.
Origin of refugees.
Origin of refugees.
Origin of refugees.
Origin of refugees.
Region context.
Origin of 50,000 airlifted refugees.

Relationships (2)

Narrator Member/Resident Mishmar Hasharon
Refers to 'our kibbutz' and 'we'.
Mishmar Hasharon Members Conflict Yemeni Refugees
Young men from the kibbutz drove the refugees away with clubs.

Key Quotes (4)

"If there was going to be an Israel – if there was going to be a Mishmar Hasharon – we had to win and the Arabs had to lose."
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"Someone had to farm the land. Why not us?"
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Quote #2
"Yet a few nights after the Yemenis moved in, a posse of young men, including some from Mishmar Hasharon, descended on them and, armed with clubs and wooden staves, drove them away."
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Quote #3
"I realized Wadi Khawaret no longer belonged to the Arabs. But, surely, our kibbutz had no more right to the buildings than Jews who had fled from Yemen and needed them a lot more than we did."
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