Alexandroni Brigade

Alexandroni Brigade

The Alexandroni Brigade (3rd Brigade) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Along with the 7th Armoured Brigade both units had 139 killed during the first battle of Latrun - Operation Ben Nun.

Units

*31st Battalion
*32nd Battalion
*33rd Battalion
*34th Battalion
*37th Battalion

Katz controversy

In 1998, Teddy Katz wrote a master's thesis at Haifa University arguing that the Alexandroni Brigade committed a massacre in the Arab village of Tantura during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The veterans of the brigade sued Katz for libel. During the court hearing Katz conceded by issuing a statement withdrawing his own work. He then tried to withdraw his statement, but the court disallowed it and ruled against him. A committee at Haifa University found problems with the thesis. Some quotations in the thesis did not accord with interview recordings, although only 6 out of a total of 243 testimonies were misrepresented, such as substituting the word "German" for "Nazi." The university suspended his degree and asked him to resubmit his thesis. The new thesis was given a "second-class" pass.cite news | title=Alone on the barricades | author=MERON RAPOPORT | publisher=Ha'aretz | date=2005-05-06 | url=http://www.ee.bgu.ac.il/~censor/katz-directory/05-05-06haaretz-rapoport-pappe-english.pdf]

ee also

*Post-Zionism
*Zionism

References

External links

* [http://www.alexandroni.org Official website] he icon


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