93c Venner Road, Sydenham, London SE26 5HU. 0208 659 7713 E-Mail A_Baron@ABaron.Demon.Co.UK November 18, 2000 Sir, Mr Beckman's interpretation of events in the Middle East - recent and not so recent (letters, November 10) - is as reliable as his highly fanciful reminiscences in his gratutiously inaccurate book THE FORTY-THREE GROUP. Chaim Weizmann's own declaration about the power of what Mr Beckman refers to as "international World Jewry" was far more candid: "...if you give us a declaration in favour of Zionism, this declaration will make the Jews of the World understand that you are really friendly, 'and the friendship of the Jews of the world is not a thing to be blown upon: it is a thing that matters a great deal, even for a mighty empire like the British.'" His claim that the real executioner of the British sergeants was Ernest Bevin rather than his heroes the Irgun is akin to blaming the British government for the countless atrocities of the IRA, an organisation which shares Mr Beckman's philosophy that might is right and that the end justifies the means, however many innocent people suffer to achieve those ends. Yours sincerely, A Baron
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