The Palmach was the underground intelligence agency, and Army of the Hagannah (the spiritual embodyment of Sephardiim - the Semitic People). At the time, the Country was controlled by Great Britain, and known as Palestine. The Hagannah tried to organize themselves Politically, however, the Brits remained Head of State. The Palmach was formed to combat the British Army, and the Phillistine Army, to establish sovereignty within the Country (the Land of Canaan).
In 1942, the Palmach was known in the Western World mainstream media as a terrorist faction (as reported in Great Britain, the U.S.A, and France). This was during the tailend of WW11, and it was a common sentiment that Arabs and Jews should be killed. It wasn't just Hitler's Third Reich.
At this time, the Palmach called the British Embassy (Now the King David Hotel) and warned the British, to evacuate their Embassy, as there was a bomb in the building. The British Embassy ignored the threat, and the bomb killed roughly 300 people.
The irony of this terrorist act, was that it caused the British to Mandate a two-State solution, of Palestine and Israel. It also called for the British to evacuate the Region. During the calendar year of 1947, the leaders of Palestine refused, while the Hagannah accepted the British Mandate of Partition for a two-party State. This Mandate went before the United Nations in 1948, and the U.N Mandate of Partition was given that same year (a two-party State). When the U.N Mandate was put before Phillistine Leaders, they rejected the Mandate, while the Hagannah was still in support of this Mandate. Once U.N Troops pulled out of the Land of Canaan, the Palmach seized control of the Land now called Israel.
The addage 'One mans' terrorist is another mans' Freedom Fighter' is of important significance in the paradigm relationship between 'the terrorist faction/Freedom Fighter' Palmach, and the 'oppressor/liberator' Great Britain. In other words, who's to say whether the Palmach were terrorists, or whether they were Freedom Fighters. Likewise, who's to say that Great Britain weren't oppressors, or Liberators for that matter.
In todays' age, we see reports of 'terrorist factions'; Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Hammas, R.A.F (Republic of African Freedom Fighters), Al Queda, the Taliban, I.R.A (Irish Republic Army), and so forth. What is at stake here is paramount to Freedom of Thought. Does every Tyrannical leadership carry with it measures of oppression. Absolutely. Is democracy a given right to most Nations' population? Absolutely not. With Bureaucracies in place, most Countries have hideen agenda's, and keep their populous in check with mainstream idealism. It has to be alright to be subversive (or a non-conformist). There will always be two sides to every story.
Bureaucracy sure as hell isn't democracy.
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