re dir yassin in article hm apr angell cs brown edu hm cs brown edu harry mamaysky writes from myths and facts by leonard j davis near east research inc pp unlike the plo s almost exclusive focus on civilian targets the troups from the irgun and stern group that struck at deir yassin on april targeted the village for its military importance deir yassin was on the road to jerusalem which the arabs had since facts and myths doesn t even know where deir yassin was why should we pay any attention to the rest of what it says blockaded and it housed iraqi troups and palestinian irregulars snipers based in deir yassin were a constant threat to jewish citizens in jerusalem arab civilians were killed at deir yassin but that attack does not conform to the propaganda picture that the arabs have tried to paint the number of arabs killed was generally reported to be about in however eric silver of the guardian britain interviewed a survivor mophammed sammour who testified that out of a population of were killed about three days after the massacre sammour explained representatives of each of the five clans in deir yassin met at the moslem offices in jerusalem and made a list of the people who had not been found alive we went through the names nothing has happend since to make me think this figure was wrong this account from eric silver is the only valid point that m f makes you can find it together with other evidence and analysis in silver s biography of begin also in silver s book you will find documentary evidence that nearly everything else in m f s account is pure bullshit unlike the plo s deliberate attacks on civilians the killing of civilians at deir yassin was not premeditated the attackers left open an escape corridor from the village and more than residents left unharmed after the remaining arabs feigned surrender and then fired on the jewish troops some of the attackers killed arab soldiers and civilians indiscriminately independent observers told the guardian that among the bodies they found arab men disguised as women this is pretty disgusting the guardian was told of one or two feeble old men who dressed in women s clothing in a pathetic attempt to escape death see silver s book brendan
