By IRNA,
London : A Jewish terrorist threatening to kill British soldiers serving in Palestine during the creation of Israel 60 years ago has surfaced at an auction in Shropshire, central England, it was reported Saturday.
The discoloured document, penned by Irgun terrorist group led by future Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, urged UK troops to either leave the mandated country or be killed.
Coming after the mass killing of 91 British soldiers and civilians in a bomb attack at King David Hotel in Jerusalem, it warns that “it is only fair that these people know at least why they may be killed.” “You have learned what the word ‘terrorist’ means, some of you may even have come into direct contact with them (and heartily desire not to repeat the experience),” the leaflet also says, according to the Times newspaper Saturday.
The pamphlet, which is due to be sold at Mullock’s auctioneers on August 6, was said to have been acquired by a British soldier, who was ordered to destroy a stash of confiscated documents, but took one as a memento.
According to the Times, Richard Westwood-Brookes, Mullock’s historical documents specialist, said the pamphlet was a remarkable find, which “amounted to a manifesto for terrorist action.”