Wikipedia:Peer review/Menachem Begin vs. Deir Yassin massacre/archive1
I swore not to get involved with Israel / Palestine issues, but these two articles completely disagree over (what should be, with 50 years hindsight) fairly incontrovertible fact (if not uncontroversial). Were Irgun and Stern responsible for the Deir Yassin massacre? -- GWO 13:10, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Try this source. Revisionist Zionists claim that it was not a massacre, not that Begin didn't do it.
Clearly, the Red Cross observer reported a massacre, and lots of eyewitnesses, quoted in the Deir Yassin article, say that they saw a massacre, but some of the Israelis say they legitimately slaughtered the entire village because it was armed to the teeth (but apparently not particularly good at using its immense firepower, since it only killed four Israelis). The Deir Yassin article, in a slightly muddled way, explains what some of the controversies are. The Begin one simply gives one side.Dr Zen 03:52, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
i would like to respond to this: "but some of the Israelis say they legitimately slaughtered the entire village", by asserting that it is factually incorrect. we have various sources reporting anything from 254 to something over 100 with another source indicating less than 100. since "Deir Yassin Remembered" has itself reduced its "count" from 254 to "over 100" and the village deir yassin had "about 750 Palestinian residents" at the time of the alleged massacre, the claim that the entire village was slaughtered is at best an exaggeration at worst dissembling. In either case not worthy of serious discussion Judadem (talk) 03:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)