On peine à trouver, dans les dépêches annonçant la mort de Bentzion Nétanyahu (le père de son fils) à 102 ans, le rappel de cette évidence : c’était un vieux salopard raciste. La dépêche Reuters utilise une énigmatique tournure :
Tenu à l’écart par les milieux académiques israéliens du fait de son engagement droitier… […] un sionisme sans compromis…
►http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/monde/20120430.REU5267/deces-a-102-ans-du-pere-de-benjamin-netanyahu.html
Pour qu’un historien sioniste qui fut proche de Jabotinsky soit « tenu à l’écart » en Israël, il faut tout de même donner dans le lourd… Par exemple : Netanyahu’s father discusses the peace process : excerpts from the exclusive Maariv interview
►http://www.promisedlandblog.com/?p=803
Q: So what’s the solution?
A: “No solution but force… strong military rule. Any outbreak will bring upon the Arabs enormous suffering. We shouldn’t wait for a big mutiny to start, but rather act immediately with great force to prevent them from going on…
If it’s possible, we should conquer any disputed territory in the land of Israel. Conquer and hold it, even if it brings us years of war. We should conquer Gaza, and parts of the Galil, and the Golan. This will bring upon us a bloody war, since war is difficult for us – we don’t have a lot of territory, while the Arabs have lots of space to retreat to. But that’s the only way to survive here.”
There is valuable experience [on this matter] we don’t pay notice to. I mean the Ottoman rule over the Arabs. The Turks ruled over the Arabs for 400 years, and there was peace and quiet everywhere. The Arabs hated the Ottomans, but every little thing they did brought mass killings and hanging in towns squares. They were hanging people in Damascus, and Izmir… every town had hanging posts in its center…the Arabs were so badly beaten, they didn’t dare revolt. Naturally, I don’t recommend the use of hangings as a show of force like the Turks did, I just want to show that the only thing that might move the Arabs from the rejectionist position is force.