anna’s Reviews > Legacy of Violence: A landmark history of the British Empire - and the violence that built it. > Status Update

„Behind the scenes, MI6 worked clandestinely to stymie the flow of Jewish refugees to Palestine. Its ’Embarrass’ operation targeted passenger-less, docked refugee boats, either sabotaging or blowing them up. The British government then blamed the Defenders of Arab Palestine, a fictive organisation of Britain’s own making, and also spread lies that the Soviets, too, were involved.”

i wish we talked more about the early zionists’ terrorist activities in palestine, they were Like That long before the nakba

the british police officers in palestine in the ’30s putting swastikas on their shields and doing the nazi salute, and happily training with jewish civilians

it keeps reminding me that english isn't my first language, but it's worth it