Talk:Ya'akov Meridor

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Ok, the article at present says that: "According to The Scotsman, the Irgun announced in Tel Aviv on 7 April 1948 that 'Jacob Meridor' had "taken over his war assignment" in Palestine. The Scotsman also reported that Meridor's first command was the raid on Pardes Hana military camp, South of Haifa, in which 6 British soldiers and their commanding officer, Lieut-Colonel G.L. Hilderbrand, were killed."

...and: " He finally succeeded in escaping in 1948, and arrived in Israel on the day independence was declared. He later wrote a book, Long is the road to freedom, about his three years of captivity."

Both sourced. How could he have arrived "in Israel on the day independence was declared" (=15 May 1948), after 3 years imprisonment, if he was there also on 7 April 1948? Huldra (talk) 23:45, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch! Meridor addresses this issue in his autobiography: When he successfully escaped from the British detention camp in Kenya and arrived in Paris, his contact in Paris sent a letter to the Igrun high command informing them of his escape. At that time the British didn't even know that he escaped, but the contact (who was Eliyahu Lankin) forgot to mention that in his letter. So the Irgun published an announcement making it seem like Meridor was there for propaganda purposes, while he was still in Paris.

"But when I opened the London Daily Mail on April 8, I was shocked to read that the organization in Palestine had published a communique about their attack on the British Army camp at Pardess Hannah where they had relieved the British of quantities of arms, and several half-tracks and armoured cars. According to the news item, the Irgun had proudly announced that Ya'acov Meridor, its second-in-command, with five men who had escaped from Gilgil camp, had reached Palestine in time to lead the attack personally...Later on we heard that Menachem Begin had been so overjoyed with the news of our success that he had sent the announcement to the newspapers."

I will add to article PasterofMuppets (talk) 11:55, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]