"Stern was a logical person. The aim was to set up a Jewish state in all of Palestine. The enemy was the British Empire.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
"Therefore we must cooperate with the Nazis.
"He sent several emissaries to contact the Germans. Some were intercepted by the British, the others were ignored by the Nazis.
"I could not accept this atrocious logic and did not join, though the temptation was there. Shamir did.
"He was caught and imprisoned (
unlike Stern himself, who was caught and shot on the spot). Within a short time, virtually all the members of the organization were killed or arrested.
"The group ceased to exist – until Shamir and a colleague, Eliahu Giladi, broke out. The two acted together and brought LEHI to life again.
One day Shamir had Giladi tried and shot.
"Giladi was not accused of treason, but, on the contrary – of excessive zeal. He made plans for revolutionary actions, such as killing David Ben-Gurion and the entire Zionist leadership.
"Shamir decided that his adventurous nature endangered the organization and that he must be removed.
Afterwards Shamir named his daughter Gilada.
"Many years later I asked him which historical personality he admired most. He answered without hesitation:
Lenin. I understood that he admired him because Lenin ruthlessly followed the maxim '
the end justifies the means'”.
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