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T h a t ' s A l l F o l k s 2010 - Page no. 15 |
from the Knesset podium to renege their betrayal of the Israeli state and democracy, most of the Israeli politicians were busily engaged in their own, personal survival. Most of them had already sent their families abroad. A general recruitment, announced by the State, led to an influx of Jewish volunteers from abroad, who came to help the Israeli people in their war, but the airplanes were also full on their way back, mostly with the family members of the top echelons. Things got to the point that some of the religious Knesset members were absent from the Knesset Assembly due to their extensive travels abroad. The radio networks banded into one consecutive news broadcast; the news flashes only increased the sense of helplessness and nullity of the Israeli citizen. People on the streets panicked. Netanya and Ashqelon were bombarded with heavy artillery and mortars and the only thing that the citizens of Israel could do was helplessly sit in their bomb shelters. The military forces were busy repelling Israel's external enemies and the police could not cope with the devastating Palestinian forces which scattered terror within the country. Throughout the entire war, the Prime Minister of Israel, Avraham Durk, held emergency conversations with the United States Ambassador to Israel. Most of the foreign diplomatic staff and families had already left Israel earlier, and the only diplomatic staff left was for emergencies only. In these conversations, Avraham Durk asked for additional arms and ammunition. Avraham Durk held long and arduous telephone conversations with the Americans, to force the invading Arab countries to agree to a cease-fire, however all of the conversations with the American President ended in vague answers, with the promise to return to him within several hours with answers from the Arab rulers. It was clear to the American President that the Arabs would not stop at any stage, even if Israel introduced its nuclear weapons into the theater. The Arabs finally had the chance to finish off the Zionist entity and they would not forsake that chance for any amount, or at any price. In the last stage of the war, when the Arab armies were already converging on Israel's main highways towards Tel-Aviv, Avraham Durk begged the United States President to send reinforcements of ammunition and even soldiers, however the United States President unequivocally informed him that he could receive all the arms in the world and any assistance, except for American soldiers. When Avraham Durk raised the issue of the use of atom bombs by Israel, the United States president clarified that the United States government could never support such a measure and in such case, he could not expect any aid nor support from the United States. At this stage of the conversation, Avraham Durk slowly laid the telephone down, and knew that he was the only one in the world to make the decision to use Israel's nuclear weapons. The unexpected attack of the Palestinians and the Syrian and Iraqi commando units who invaded Israel damaged some of the Israeli Air Force bases and undermined the ability of the Israeli Air Force to maintain the aerial umbrella which the IDF so desperately needed on its different fronts. Palestinian infiltrators invaded Israeli territory and positioned themselves in the vicinity of the airports. There they lay in ambush, shooting shoulder missiles from very close range at Israel's airplanes as they took off, thereby disarming the power of the air force. A massive hunt was held after these terrorists, but the damage had already been done, and the efficiency of the Israeli Air Force had been severely damaged, especially in the first days, which were critical to the outcome of the war. The Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian missile attacks on the cities of Israel only increased the large amount of casualties among the Israeli public. The State of Israel had never invested resources in its shelters and indeed when at the crucial point, there were many casualties, with many buildings in the cities of Israel collapsing from the force of the bombing. Avraham Durk, who throughout his entire life was known to be a settlement-pursuing, peace-loving man, struggled with the decision to bomb targets in Syria and Iraq with unconventional weapons. Israel's major cities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and the Kryiot, were hard hit by the missiles and cannon shells. The sight of the half-destroyed buildings, pockmarked with bomb shrapnel, evoked images from the days of the War of Independence. Even the grim meetings held by the Israeli General Staff regarding the unstable situation did not bring the Israeli Prime Minister, Avraham Durk, to decide to threaten Israel's neighbors with the use of unconventional weapons. "I am a religious and moral man, and I am unwilling to go down in history as the person who introduced the atom bomb to the region". The Chief of the General Staff replied: "If so, you shall go down in history as the Prime Minister who triggered the fall of the Third Temple of Israel". In a speech to the American people, the United States president responded: "Israel is our ally and we are committed to helping her and doing all that we can to protect her. We are acting quite vigorously in diplomatic channels as well as in the supply of weapons to our allies in the region". The television commentator, Ronny Emmanuel, stated on the television broadcast following the speech of the United States president that: "From his speech it appears that the United States does not wish to actively intervene in any way in the campaign waged between us and the Arab armies. We must rely only on ourselves". In a huge effort to halt the retreat and the abandoning of borders in the Golan Heights, the Israeli Air Force rained neutron bombs on the Golan Heights to annihilate the aggressor forces. This helped for only two days. The torrents of Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian tanks received unexpected reinforcements from Pakistan and for the first time in the battles, even units from Libya and Egypt reached the northern front to participate in the campaign. After only two days, the first tanks rolled down the hills towards Tiberias. Parallel columns invaded from the direction of the Shalom Bridge near Bet-She'an and the Allenby Bridge with one sparse column even trickling in from the direction of Rosh Hanikra towards Haifa. At the end of the day, Avraham Durk appeared on live broadcast on Israeli television from a shelter somewhere in the vicinity of the Kirya in Tel-Aviv. In a resolute speech, Avraham Durk announced his intention to order the Israeli Air Force to bomb the capitals of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq with atom bombs if within 3 hours the aggressor forces failed to retreat. Avraham Durk seemed tired, exhausted, unshaven and unconvincing, after several sleepless nights, and this only increased the sense of distress and helplessness that he projected. Avraham Durk's speech caused a great diplomatic furor around the world, and diplomats of all kinds and colors burned up the telephone lines between the world capitals and the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. Now, when the collapse of the State of Israel was almost a fact, massive diplomatic pressure was applied to Prime Minister Avraham Durk, lest he dare attack the Arab countries with atomic weapons. Avraham Durk was offered enticements together with threats from the heads of governments and presidents. The British Prime Minister, Russian President and United States President were included on the list of those "applying pressure". Among the enticements offered Avraham Durk and his government was diplomatic asylum in the United States as well as in additional European countries, however Avraham Durk refused to even consider such an option. The last combat flight in the south of the country, from one of the last airports which remained active, waited in vain for authorization to take off. The bombs were still on the planes when the State of Israel announced its surrender. That's all folks |
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