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2020/02/03

Su-un and His World of Symbols: The Founder of Korea's First Indigenous Religion - by Paul, Em Prof Beirne.

Su-un and His World of Symbols: The Founder of Korea's First Indigenous Religion 

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Su-un and His World of Symbols explores the image which Choe Che-u (Su-un), the founder of Donghak (Eastern Learning) Korea's first indigenous religion, had of himself as a religious leader and human being. Su-un gave his life so that he could share his symbols, his scriptures and the foundational principals of his religion with all people, regardless of their status, gender, age or education. His egalitarian creed challenged the major religious traditions in Korea, and Korean society as a whole, to reflect on the innate dignity of each individual, and to reform their social, ethical and religious practices to accord with the reality of the Divine presence in the 'sacred refuge' that lies within.

Exploring the two symbols which Su-un created and used to disseminate his religion, and the two books of Scripture which he composed, this book breaks new ground by presenting the only major work in English which attempts to ascertain the image Su-un had of himself as the prototype of a new kind of religious leader in Korea, and by extension, East Asia.

Review

Paul Beirne's book is not only engagingly informative; it is flat-out inspirational. His study of Ch'oe Su-un, the founder of Korea's first indigenous religion, shows the vital links between mysticism and liberation, between religion and revolution. This is a book that will interest not just historians but comparative theologians, liberationists, students of mysticism. 

Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary, New York 
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With this study of the founder of Korea's first indigenous organized religion, Paul Beirne has opened a new window onto Korea's recent past. Most previous scholarship has focused on the dramatic political and economic transformation Korea has undergone over the last couple of centuries. Beirne reminds us that Korea has gone through equally dramatic changes in its religious culture, as Koreans have responded to the challenges of the modern world by creating new spiritual resources to help them navigate this transformed political and economic environment.
Though Beirne focuses on Choe Su-un, a mid-19th century religious visionary, Choe's ideas continue to reverberate in Korea today. This fascinating book helps us better understand the beliefs and values of modern Koreans. 

Don Baker, Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia 
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'Paul Beirne's book is a valuable, compelling, and informative work that sheds much light on the foundation of one of the most influential religious movements in Korea in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It brings out well the context in which Tonghak was founded, the ideas and practices which influenced its founder, and most importantly, the interaction of thought, practice, and the process of theological development even within a few years of the formation of a new religion. It is a welcome and important contribution to studies on Tonghak and the history of Korean religion.'
 Acta Koreana 
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'Beirne's book is a valuable, compelling, and informative work that sheds much light on the foundation of one of the most influential religious movements in Korea in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ... It is a welcome and important contribution to studies on the history of Korean religion.' 
Journal of Contemporary Religion
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About the Author

Paul Beirne is Dean and Professor of Comparative Religion at the Melbourne College of Divinity. He lived and studied in South Korea for fifteen years, and has undertaken research on the Donghak/Cheondo-gyo religion since 1991. He has visited many of the religion's sacred sites (to which he had unrestricted entry). His contacts within the Cheondo-gyo organization made available to him a wide range of historical resources and rare archival material which provided vital insight into the mind and the heart of Su-un and his religious odyssey.

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2020/02/02

맑스주의 ‘의식’과 주체사상의 ‘의식’은 어떻.. : 네이버블로그



맑스주의 ‘의식’과 주체사상의 ‘의식’은 어떻.. : 네이버블로그

맑스주의 ‘의식’과 주체사상의 ‘의식’은 어떻게 다른가?
427시대 ・ 2019. 9. 25. 15:24
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맑스주의 ‘의식’과 주체사상의 ‘의식’은 어떻게 다른가?
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이정훈 연구위원
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- 사람의 의식세계, 사람의 마음은 무엇을 따라 움직이나?
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근대 맑스주의 유물론이 자연과 사회개조에 관한 이론을 토대(하부구조)와 상부구조 상호조응 차원에서 해명했다면, 현대 유물론인 주체사상은 맑스주의의 중심 내용을 인정하며 이를 다시 주체-대상(세계) 차원에서 입체적으로 재정리했습니다. 의식이 물질의 반영이란 정의를 넘어 ‘의식세계’의 내용과 기능에 대해 전면적으로 심화 발전된 견해를 제시합니다.
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이에 따라 사람의 의식과 활동의 상호관계, 사상과 감정의 상호관계, 지식과 사상의식의 차이, 사상의식과 의식 일반의 관계 등 사람의 의식 영역에 대한 이론적 해명이 새롭게 전면적으로 이뤄집니다. 관념론과 부르주아 철학의 단골 주제에 머물던 의식과 정신심리 현상에 대한 유물론적 연구가 본격화돼 이론적 기초를 쌓은 거죠.
의식일반과 사상의식에 관한 주체사상의 정의와 해석은 매우 정밀하고 체계적이어서 처음 보는 사람은 외려 이해가 잘 안 될 지경입니다.
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주체사상은 사람의 의식을 크게 지식, 사상의식, 감정의식(심리의식)으로 형태를 구분합니다. 지식과 감정은 현실반영의 형태이고 그 자체는 사상이 아닙니다. 감정의식은 대상(세계)에 대한 정서적 반영이며, 지식(체계)은 대상을 논리적으로 반영입니다.
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흥미로운 점은 이 들 의식의 3가지 형태에서 가장 중요한 역할을 하는 게 사상의식이란 사실입니다. 맑스주의 의식개념이 주로 객관세계 반영에 초점을 맞추었다면, 주체사상은 사람자신(사람의 요구)을 반영하는 측면을 새롭게 조명합니다. 사람을 움직이는 게 사람의 요구와 이해관계이고, 또 그런 요구와 이해관계를 사상의식이 반영했기에 그 사람의 지식의 내용과 감정도 규제합니다. 즉 사람의 인생과 전반 활동을 규제합니다.
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감정과 지식 … 반영의 형식을 달리하는 독자적 의식형태이지만 그 자체로 사상은 아니다. 또 사상의식과 결합되지 않은 순수한 감정과 순수한 사회과학 지식은 없다. 지식의 내용에 이해관계가 반영되면 단순한 지식이 아니라 사상적 견해가 되며, 감정이 요구와 이해관계를 뚜렷이 표현하면 단순한 감정이 아니라 사상의식이 된다.
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의식의 형태
지식 … 현실에 있는 사물현상, 법칙 등을 반영한 의식
사상의식 … 사람의 요구와 이해관계에 대한 자각과 이를 실현하는 데서 나타나는 의식형태
감정의식 … 대상에 대한 정서적 반영, 즉 인식이 사물현상의 속성과 연관 등을 반영한다면 감정은 대상과 인간 욕망의 관계를 반영한 것.
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사상의식은 … 견해, 관점, 입장, 각오, 결심, 신념, 의지 등 현실에 대한 태도로 표현되며 지식과 감정을 자기발현 형식으로 한다.
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의식이 사람의 행동을 지휘한다는 것은 … 사람의 행동을 사상적으로 규제하고 지식과 기술로써 담보하며 감정과 정서를 통해 사람의 행동에 영향을 준다는 의미이다.
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의지는 … 일정한 목적을 의식적으로 실현하기 위한 심리현상이다.
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자연계의 운동과 다르게 사람의 모든 활동은 결국 자기 요구와 이해관계를 실현하려고 이뤄지기에 사상의식이 작용하지 않는 활동은 없습니다. 사람이 눈을 통하지 않고 세상을 볼 수 없듯이 자기 요구를 자각하고 이를 실현하려는 의지를 발현하는 사상의식을 통하지 않고는 활동할 수 없겠지요. 그런데 사람들은 이런 사상의식을 통해 자기가 판단하고 행동한다는 걸 잘 의식하지 못합니다.
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맑스주의에서 사상(이데올로기)이 객관적 세계, 계급 현실을 반영한 철학, 정치경제학, 과학적 사회주의에 관한 지식의 체계로 구성된 데 비해 
주체사상에서 사상은, 의식이 객관세계의 반영임을 인정한 기초 위에, 사람의 요구와 이해관계를 복합적으로 반영해 세상과 자기운명을 개척하기 위한 사상-이론-방법의 사람중심의 서술 체계로 발전합니다.
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사상의식은 그래서 세계나 사람에 관한 단순한 지식이 아니라 사람자신의 요구와 이해관계를 자각하고 이를 실현하려는 입장, 각오와 결심, 신념과 의지 등을 다 포괄하는 개념으로 발전합니다.
사상의식은 지식과 감정을 동반합니다. 어렵게 말하면 사상의식은 감정과 지식을 자기 발현(표현)형식으로 합니다. 즉 지식에 이해관계가 반영될 때 그것은 단순 지식이 아니라 사상적 견해가 되고, 감정이 사람의 요구와 이해관계를 뚜렷이 표현할 때 그것은 단순한 감정이 아니라 사상감정, 사상의식이 됩니다.
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사람의 ‘의식성’이 동물과 구별되는 사람의 근본 특성의 하나인데, 의식에서 결정적 작용을 하는 게 ‘일반지식’이 아니라 ‘사상의식’임을 말하는 겁니다. 뇌의 의식작용에서 자기 요구와 이해관계에 대한 자각과 실현 의지가 그 사람을 움직이는 핵심요인이 되기 때문이지요.
사람은 모든 활동을 사상의식의 충동과 작동에 의해 시작하고, 목적을 세우며 이를 달성하려 활동을 조절, 통제합니다. 이는 사람의 활동이 무엇으로 시작하고 진행되며 끝맺게 되는지에 관한 유물론적인 첫 해석으로 의미가 있습니다.
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사람의 활동은 무엇인가를 실현하려는 요구(이해관계)로부터 시작하며, 그 요구는 사회적 실현과정을 통해 충족되고 구현됩니다. 사람이 자발적으로 열심히 활동하는 곳엔 언제나 그 활동에 담긴 요구와 이해관계에 대한 사람의 뚜렷한 자각이 넘쳐납니다. 그게 공부든, 취업이든, 아니면 임금투쟁, 동아리활동, 돈벌이, 자선사업, 사회운동 등 모두 마찬가집니다. 사람의 활동이 뇌의 핵심기능인 사상의식을 통해 추동된다는 사실을 예를 들어 설명하죠.
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부동산 투기를 하는 사람이 분양권을 얻으려고 밤샘노숙을 하는 풍경은 그들의 행위가 철저하게 이해관계에 따른 것임을 보여줍니다. 강남권 학부모가 자식 사교육에 열성인 것도 사교육 투자와 자식의 미래 사회적 지위가 비례함을 잘 알고 있어서지요. 자본가가 거래처를 뛰어다니는 건 이윤이란 자기 요구와 이해관계를 정확히 자각하기 때문이고 노동자가 이윤을 합당하게 분배하자고 투쟁하는 것도 자기 계급의 처지와 이해관계를 자각하기 때문입니다. 이렇게 사람이 적극적으로 움직이는 건 사상의식의 내용과 관계없이 사상의식이 작용한 결과입니다.
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그런데 투쟁이 자신의 생활처지 개선을 넘어 전민중적 요구를 내건 경우엔 보다 높은 정치적 자각과 이해관계에 대한 인식이 없으면 제대로 진행될 수 없습니다. 결국 장사든, 투쟁이든, 사업이든, 뭐든 사람을 충동, 추동하는 근본요인은 절박한 요구에서 비롯되며, 그런 활동을 밀어가는 힘 역시 이해관계에 대한 높은 자각에서 나옵니다. 열의, 열정은 높은 자각의 산물인 셈이지요.
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사람은 누구나 사상의식에 의해 반응하고 활동합니다. 사상의식을 연구하는 건 일반적이고 생활적이며, 사람의 인생과 활동의 핵심을 파악하는 중요한 과학적 접근법입니다. ‘세상사 마음먹기에 달렸다’는 말이 있는데, 그 마음의 내용을 결정하는 게 바로 사상의식입니다. 사람의 사상의식의 상태와 수준의 정서적 표현이 바로 사람의 마음인 거지요. 사상의식은 운동권 논리나 정치이론상의 개념에 국한되지 않습니다.
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역사적으로는 혁명운동이 사람의 실천에 관한 가장 과학적인 이론을 필요로 했기 때문에, 그 과정에서 발견한 사람의 의식세계에 관한 새로운 견해입니다. 사상의식은 정치적이고 고급한 고상한 그 무엇이 아니라 사람이면 누구나 갖고 있는 의식의 한 형태이며, 일상적이고 생활적인 개념입니다.
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알라딘: 우리가 몰랐던 마르크스





알라딘: 우리가 몰랐던 마르크스









우리가 몰랐던 마르크스

이병창 (지은이)먼빛으로2018-12-14













































































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428쪽

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591g



책소개

2008년 미국 금융위기 신자유주의는 걷잡을 수 없는 몰락의 길에 들어섰다. 신자유주의가 무너지면서 전세계적으로 21세기 사회주의가 등장하면서 마르크스주의가 부활한다. 이 책은 마르크스의 사상을 21세기 사회주의의 키워드인 자주성(autonomia)이란 개념에서 재해석한 것이다.



저자는 이 개념에 따라서 마르크스의 역사철학, 정치철학, 유물변증법을 재해석한다. 우선 1부는 마르크스의 역사철학을 다룬다. 1장에서 저자는 마르크스가 '1848년 2월혁명'을 분석한 글을 다시 읽으면서 각 정치 세력의 주관적 의도 배후에서 작용하는 계급투쟁을 분석한다. 2장에서 저자는 엥겔스의 구체적인 역사 연구를 통해 전자본주의 시대 사회구성체인 노예제, 봉건제의 모습을 다양한 관점에서 종합적으로 제시하고자 한다.





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들어가면서

1부 역사철학 연구

1장 1848년 2월혁명의 연구

2장 전자본주의 시대 연구



2부 정치철학 연구

3장 사회주의 국가론

4장 민족이란 무엇인가?

5장 레닌과 마오쩌둥



3부 유물론과 주체 사상

6장 유물론과 종교

7장 변증법과 주체 사관

8장 인간론의 재구성

나가는 말 - 21세기 사회주의





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첫문장

문: 마르크스는 역사를 계급투쟁이라고 했습니다.









저자 및 역자소개

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서울대학교 철학과 및 대학원을 마쳤으며, 『헤겔의 정신현상학에서 정신 개념』을 가지고 박사학위를 받았다. 그 동안 동아대학교 철학과 교수로 재직하면서 사회, 문화 및 예술 철학을 강의했다. 최근 2011년 3월 명예퇴직을 한 이후 현재 사상사 연구소장으로서 활동하고 있다. 그는 인간의 심층적 정신현상을 헤겔과 라캉을 통해 연구하고 있으며, 문학이나 영화 등 예술을 통해 나타나는 인간의 심층적인 내면을 분석하고 있다.



[박사학위 논문]

헤겔의 정신현상학에서 정신 개념에 대한 연구(서울대, 2000)



[주요저서]

영혼의 길을 모순에게 묻다(헤겔 정신현상학 서문 주해)(먼빛으로, 2010)

반가워요 베리만 감독님(먼빛으로, 2011)

불행한 의식을 넘어(헤겔 정신현상학 자기의식 장 주해)(먼빛으로, 2012)

지젝 라캉 영화(먼빛으로, 2013)

청년이 묻고 철학자가 답하다(말, 2015)

현대철학 아는 척하기(팬덤북스, 2016)

자주성의 공동체(먼빛으로, 2017)

우리가 몰랐던 마르크스(먼빛으로, 2018)



[번역]

프리드리히 슐레겔, 그리스 문학 연구(먼빛으로, 2014) 접기





최근작 : <우리가 몰랐던 마르크스>,<영화 속 역사와 현실>,<자주성의 공동체> … 총 18종 (모두보기)





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1990년대 초 신자유주의가 등장하면서 사회주의 진영이 몰락했다. 그 책임은 경직된 마르크스주의에 두어졌다. 그 후 마르크스의 저서는 대중의 관심에서 멀어졌다. 2008년 미국 금융위기 신자유주의는 걷잡을 수 없는 몰락의 길에 들어섰다. 신자유주의가 무너지면서 전세계적으로 21세기 사회주의가 등장하면서 마르크스주의가 부활한다. 이 책은 마르크스의 사상을 21세기 사회주의의 키워드인 자주성(autonomia)이란 개념에서 재해석한 것이다.



저자는 이 개념에 따라서 마르크스의 역사철학, 정치철학, 유물변증법을 재해석한다. 우선 1부는 마르크스의 역사철학을 다룬다. 1장에서 저자는 마르크스가 '1848년 2월혁명'을 분석한 글을 다시 읽으면서 각 정치 세력의 주관적 의도 배후에서 작용하는 계급투쟁을 분석한다. 2장에서 저자는 엥겔스의 구체적인 역사 연구를 통해 전자본주의 시대 사회구성체인 노예제, 봉건제의 모습을 다양한 관점에서 종합적으로 제시하고자 한다.

저자는 2부에서 마르크스의 정치철학을 다룬다. 3장에서 저자는 프롤레타리아 민주주의 이론이 마르크스, 레닌 그리고 마오쩌둥을 통해 어떻게 발전했는가를 살펴본다. 4장에서 저자는 마르크스주의의 민족 이론을 분석한다. 저자는 혈연으로서 민족 개념과 자본주의의 산물로서 민족 개념을 종합하려 시도한다. 5장에서는 저자는 레닌과 마오쩌둥이 각기 자기가 처한 현실에서 어떤 혁명 전략을 세웠는가를 분석한다. 저자는 혁명은 대중과 전위, 근거지와 유격전이라는 이중적 측면을 결합하는 예술이라는 점을 강조한다.


3부는 마르크스이 유물변증법을 주체사상과 비교하여 설명한다. 6장에서 유물론을 다루면서 종교를 대신하여 과학을 택한 이유를 설명한다. 7장에서 변증법의 의미를 분석하며, 저자는 역사의 변증법적 발전이 주체 자신의 혁명이라는 개념과 관련된다고 주장한다. 8장은 마르크스의 인간론을 다룬다. 이때 저자는 마르크스 초기 『경제철학 수고』에 나오는 '유적 존재'라는 개념과 주체 사상에서 인간의 본성인 자주성 개념을 비교한다.

전체적으로 저자는 마르크스 사상은 자기의 현실에 따라 창조적으로 적용되어야 한다고 주장한다. 저자는 신자유주의를 넘어서는 가능성을 마르크스 사상의 부활을 통해 모색한다. 접기


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16 ‘Barbarism by an educated and cultured people’ — Dawayima massacre was worse than Deir Yassin – Mondoweiss

‘Barbarism by an educated and cultured people’ — Dawayima massacre was worse than Deir Yassin – Mondoweiss







‘Barbarism by an educated and cultured people’ — Dawayima massacre was worse than Deir Yassin

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Yair Auron
“There was no battle and no resistance (and no Egyptians). The first conquerors killed from eighty to a hundred Arabs [including] women and children. The children were killed by smashing of their skulls with sticks. Is it possible to shout about Deir Yassin and be silent about something much worse?” For the first time ever, a letter quoting one of the Israeli soldiers who were part of the Al-Dawayima massacre in October 1948 is published in full.
On Friday, February 5th 2016, Haaretz published an article in Hebrew by Israeli historian Yair Auron, which covers one of the biggest massacres of 1948. The massacre is of Al Dawayima, west of Al-Khalil (which is often referred to as Hebron). In a 2004 interview with Haaretz, Israeli historian Benny Morris refers to this as a massacre of “hundreds”.
After the massacre, a letter was sent to the editor of the leftist affiliated newspaper Al-Hamishmar, but never published. As Auron notes, there are still many archives of the time which are classified. Auron also states that there was an investigation that was never concluded and “died out” as a massive amnesty was provided to military personnel in February 1949.
This is a very exhaustive article, but I found it useful enough to translate this letter in full on its own. The letter, which first “disappeared,’ was provided to Auron by historian Benny Morris. Although these matters have been referred to in passing in historical summaries, the letter has never been published before in full.
Historian/sleuth Benny Morris has deciphered the Arab Muslim mind using ordinary household objects and Israeli police statistics.

Historian/sleuth Benny Morris
The letter is brought forth by a member of the MAPAM leftist party, S. Kaplan, who got the letter of testimony from the soldier. It is written to Eliezer Peri, editor of Al Hamishmar, and dated 8th November 1948 (10 days after the massacre):
To comrade Eliezer Peri, good day,
Today I have read the editorial of “Al Hamishmar” where the question of our army’s conduct was aired, the army which conquers all but its own desires.
A testimony provided to me by an officer which was in [Al] Dawayima the day after its conquering: The soldier is one of ours, intellectual, reliable, in all 100%. He had confided in me out of a need to unload the heaviness of his soul from the horror of the recognition that such level of barbarism can be reached by our educated and cultured people. He confided in me because not many are the hearts today who are able to listen.
There was no battle and no resistance (and no Egyptians). The first conquerors killed from eighty to a hundred Arabs [including] women and children. The children were killed by smashing of their skulls with sticks. There was not a house without dead. The second wave of the [Israeli] army was a platoon that the soldier giving testimony belongs to.
In the town were left male and female Arabs, who were put into houses and were then locked in without receiving food or drink. Later explosive engineers came to blow up houses. One commander ordered an engineer to put two elderly women into the house that was to be blown up. The engineered refused and said he is willing to receive orders only from his [own] commander. So then [his] commander ordered the soldiers to put the women in and the evil deed was performed.
One soldier boasted that he raped an Arab woman and afterwards shot her. An Arab woman with a days-old infant was used for cleaning the back yard where the soldiers eat. She serviced them for a day or two, after which they shot her and the infant. The soldier tells that the commanders who are cultured and polite, considered good guys in society, have become vile murderers, and this occurs not in the storm of battle and heated response, but rather from a system of expulsion and destruction. The fewer Arabs remain – the better. This principle is the main political motive of [the] expulsions and acts of horror which no-one objects to, not in the field command nor amongst the highest military command. I myself was at the front for two weeks and heard boasting stories of soldiers and commanders, of how they excelled in the acts of hunting and “fucking” [sic]. To fuck an Arab, just like that, and in any circumstance, is considered an impressive mission and there is competition on winning this [trophy].
We find ourselves in a conundrum. To shout this out in the press will mean to assist the Arab League, which our representatives deny all complaints of. To not react would mean solidarity with moral corruption. The soldier told me that Deir Yassin [another massacre, by Irgun militants, April 1948] is not the peak of hooliganism. Is it possible to shout about Deir Yassin and be silent about something much worse?
It is necessary to initiate a scandal in the internal channels, to insist upon an internal investigation and punish the culprits. And first of all it is necessary to create in the military a special unit for the restraint of the army. I myself accuse first of all the government, which doesn’t seem to have any interest to fight the phenomena and perhaps even encourages them indirectly. The fact of not-acting is in itself encouragement. My commander told me that there is an unwritten order to not take prisoners of war, and the interpretation of “prisoner” is individually given by each soldier and commander. A prisoner can be an Arab man, woman or child. This was not only done at the exhibition windows [major Palestinian towns] such as Majdal and Nazareth.
I write this to you so that in the editorial and in the party the truth will be known and something effective would be done. At least let them not indulge in phony diplomacy which covers up for blood and murder, and to the extent possible, also the paper must not let this pass in silence.
Kaplan
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  1. pabelmont on February 7, 2016, 11:58 am
    Truth and tears leak out. Most moral army? Maybe, because how moral is any army? But moral? Not in my book. And keeping this thing secret so many years? were they hoping for 100 years? For forever?
    Some people, politicians notably among them, are described as having an intelligence a mile wide and an inch deep. The truth-hiders are, I believe, in this group. Truth is bad for the state, bad for the Jews. Hide it.
    What will our American heroes say of this? Of the doing? Of the hiding? Of how much longer this rotting corpse can be hidden?
    • oldgeezer on February 7, 2016, 1:10 pm
      I agree the concept of a moral army is, at besr, one that is built on quicksand. That said there is no maybe about it. Not all armies behave in such a fashion. The idf is a terrorist organization composed of thugs and murderers. Both then and now.
      Nakba denial is a as great a crime against morality as holocaust denial.
  2. a blah chick on February 7, 2016, 12:53 pm
    Yossi Gurvitz wrote a blog post a few years back in which he said that there were very few memoirs written by ’48 war veterans. He suggested that the reason was that many of them could not admit to themselves, much less the Jewish community, what they had done. So they kept silent and thereby left the field free for Leon Uris and his ilk to come along and enshrine Zionist mythology as “History.” They had a willing accomplice in successive Israeli governments who made sure to indoctrinate their (Jewish) citizens in the mythology and deny their responsibility in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
    “..the commanders who are cultured and polite, considered good guys in society, have become vile murderers, and this occurs not in the storm of battle and heated response, but rather from a system of expulsion and destruction.” Not for the last time would “cultured and educated” men be responsible for horrible atrocities. There were plenty of them running around German in the last century.
    By the by is Benny Morris still on the outs with the rest of the Zionist community?
    • Brewer on February 7, 2016, 1:51 pm
      Benny Morris has always been something of an oddity – a Zionist who puts the integrity of his profession above his loyalty to Zionism yet, ultimately, his Zionism triumphs over any form of morality:
      “Ben-Gurion was right. If he had not done what he did, a state would not have come into being. That has to be clear. It is impossible to evade it. Without the uprooting of the Palestinians, a Jewish state would not have arisen here.”
      read more: http://www.haaretz.com/survival-of-the-fittest-1.61345
      Its a syllogism available only to a Zionist:
      “A Jewish State could only have come into being through barbarism. A Jewish State is a good thing – ergo – barbarism is excusable”.
      Benny’s logic seems to have cleared his way back into the fold.
      • diasp0ra on February 7, 2016, 2:14 pm
        @Brewer
        Exactly my thoughts. The majority of Zionists I come across regurgitate old disproven tropes, and as a general rule rely on your ignorance of history rather than them having a point.
        Morris, however, is another beast. He knows in detail all the monstrosities that were needed to establish Israel. He knows the facts from the myths, he knows that the Palestinians were victimized, yet still he feels this is all worth it.
      • WH on February 8, 2016, 4:26 am
        It’s quite remarkable; Morris’s work a few decades ago was vital to debunking the Zionist myths, yet he’s put himself squarely on the Zionist side and glorified Israel as a villa in the jungle, surrounded by Arabs who are simply violent by nature and will never make peace. Finkelstein has written quite a bit about him, and seems to think it’s mostly careerism that unifies these contradictory positions: first the chance to make a splash as a bad boy, and later part of the establishment underpinning Israel’s legitimacy.
      • tony greenstein on February 8, 2016, 10:45 am
        Morris does indeed have some academic integrity even though he in the end justifies what was done in the name of creating a ‘Jewish’ State. Worse still he says that the job should have been finished and that no Arabs should have been left.
        However Morris still asserts that there was no overall plan to expel the Palestinians. It just happened and gathered its own momentum. Plan D did not envisage expulsion etc. In this he differes from Ilan Pappe and in this he is allowing his politics to contradict his academic research.
      • Misterioso on February 8, 2016, 12:58 pm
        It seems Benny Morris’s memory is faulty.
        For the record:
        Benny Morris (an avowed Zionist) describes Plan D as “a strategic-ideological anchor and basis for expulsions by front, district, brigade and battalion commanders… and it gave commanders, post facto, a formal, persuasive covering note to explain their actions …. [It] was understood by all concerned that, militarily, the less Arabs remaining behind and along the front lines, the better and, politically, the less Arabs remaining in the Jewish State, the better.” (Benny Morris, Birth Of The Palestinian Problem 1947-1949, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988, p. 289)
        In 2004, when asked by Ha’aretz journalist Ari Shavit what new information his just completed revised version of The Birth of the Palestinian Problem 1947-1949 would provide, Benny Morris replied: “It is based on many documents that were not available to me when I wrote the original book, most of them from the Israel Defense Forces Archives. What the new material shows is that there were far more Israeli acts of massacre than I had previously thought. To my surprise, there were also many cases of rape. In the months of April-May 1948, units of the Haganah were given operational orders that stated explicitly that they were to uproot the villagers, expel them and destroy the villages themselves.” (Ha’aretz, January 9, 2004)
        The IDF Intelligence Branch issued a report dated 30 June 1948, entitled “The Arab Exodus from Palestine in the Period 1 December 1947 to 1 June 1948.” After studying the document, Israeli Benny Morris stated that “the Intelligence Branch report…goes out of its way to stress that the [Palestinian] exodus was contrary to the political-strategic desires of both the Arab Higher Committee and the governments of the neighboring Arab states. These, according to the report, struggled against the exodus – threatening, cajoling, and imposing punishments, all to no avail.” (Benny Morris, “The Causes and Character of the Arab Exodus from Palestine: The Israel Defense Force Intelligence Board Analysis of June 1948: Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. XXII, no. 1, January 1986)
  3. Whatt on February 7, 2016, 1:24 pm
    As a group, the Zionist pioneers and the early settlers of Palestine were the most educated, “cultured” and intellectual of the Europeans. Yet original sins (emphasis on the plural) were committed and repeatedly. History is not going to be kind. History will demand an explanation. Previous facile, convenient and self-serving explanations and propaganda are shattering. The answer(s) and explanations will be ugly.
    • MHughes976 on February 7, 2016, 3:38 pm
      The belief that they were so cultured, educated and Western contributed to a hideous sense of superiority, with terrible results. This story is quite shocking but it will have very little impact in the Western world.
      • Whatt on February 7, 2016, 9:56 pm
        “will have very little impact in the Western world”
        Mostly true currently, but there is a definite incremental understanding of how nefarious Zionist ideology is from the beginning. History, in the end, will not be kind.
    • WH on February 8, 2016, 4:27 am
      An eerie echo of the Third Reich, where respectable, educated and cultured people also committed acts of inhumanity.
  4. diasp0ra on February 7, 2016, 1:31 pm
    Please tell me more about how Israel only lost its soul due to the occupation, like liberal Zionists claim.
    Please tell me more about how Israel was a fundamentally good and democratic society before that.
    Please tell me more about how the ethnic cleansing was carried out only due to the “hectic” necessities of war and not as a planned campaign of expulsion for ethnic hegemony.
    Please tell me more about how Israelis never target civilians due to their “purity of arms”, unlike their evil Arab enemies.
    Please keep telling me how Israel isn’t a colonial racist state founded by racist immigrants from Europe who swallowed the whole pill of western superiority and white supremacy.
  5. rensanceman on February 7, 2016, 1:31 pm
    The law of Karma provides hope that these monstrous episodes in Israel’s bloody and vile history will result in justice for the victims. As we learn more about the true facts about the Zionist Project and its history, the weight of the fabric detailing these crimes will inevitably end this evil regime. Yet we have all of the candidates for President lauding Israel a country that ignores with impunity United Nation’s Resolutions and international law regarding its behavior. Likewise for the Christian Evangelicals who should read what the Talmud says about those who believe in Jesus and the goyim.
  6. Curatica on February 7, 2016, 6:30 pm
    Profane culture and education have nothing to do with man’s beastly inclination. They can only create more sophisticated criminals.
  7. JWalters on February 7, 2016, 7:06 pm
    Thank you for publishing this myth-busting historical document. A succinct account of other buried historical facts surrounding this slaughter are online at “War Profiteers and the Roots of the War on Terror”.
    • Brewer on February 8, 2016, 2:33 am
      “myth-busting historical document”
      I believe so, it is very powerful. I look forward to an engaging the next Nakba-denier who crosses my sights.
      Thanks to Haaretz and Jonathan Ofir for the ordnance.
  8. bryan on February 8, 2016, 3:02 am
    Shame that Haaretz saw fit to publish the article only in Hebrew (perpetuating the idea that the truth cannot be told to gentiles since their inherent antisemitism will exploit any intimation of truth for evil purposes). Never mind: there is an organisation (MEMRI) which engages in solidly based research and “explores the Middle East through the region’s media”, bridging “the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations” and provides “original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.” I will keep watching their website for a full English translation of this important article.
    • Don on February 8, 2016, 12:00 pm
      bryan…note about MEMRI is supposed to be a joke, right?
    • bryan on February 8, 2016, 1:20 pm
      No Don – not at all a joke – these matters are far too serious for any frivolity. My point was that MEMRI is a notorious propaganda organ, serving the purposes of defending war-crimes by cherry-picking articles from the Middle East that serve to show Israel in a good light, and that it very definitely does NOT “explore the Middle East through the region’s media”, bridging “the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations” and provide “original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.” – Despite its mission statement it consistently ignores even historical documentation which reveals the truth about the Middle East and its history.
  9. yesspam on February 8, 2016, 3:51 pm
    This is just how white supremacist always behave
  10. rosross on February 8, 2016, 9:48 pm
    The problem with building on a foundation of lies is that denial becomes even more powerful and required and the path to madness and delusion is assured.
  11. thunderbolt on February 14, 2016, 2:32 pm
    I wonder what this conversation would be like if the Arabs states had defeated Israel in 1948? What if the Islamic states had succeeded in annihilating Jews, destroying Israel, and pushing the Jews into the sea? Atrocities are committed in time of war; hatred comes to the surface easily. Hatred of Jews is something not in short supply among Palestinians and many others. Would the conversation be directed against Palestinian atrocities?
    • annie on February 14, 2016, 3:21 pm
      thunder, do you also wonder what this conversation would be like if hilter was king of the jews and the european jews were the nazis who succeeded in annihilating millions and millions of germans during the last century? and jewish hatred of gentiles was so strong (Hatred of Palestinians and gentiles is something not in short supply among Jews) the remaining germans would be transferred to palestine and jews would have taken over germany, everyone would be speaking hebrew in germany and jews would have to pay reparations to germans for the last 7 decades.
      since your fantasy juices are flowing and all.
    • Bumblebye on February 14, 2016, 4:19 pm
      “thunderbolt”, a “student”. Obviously not of history.
      In 48, the Arab armies were not attempting to destroy Israel. They were trying to prevent its expansion *outside* its declared borders of the 47 UN Partition Plan, and protect the lives and homes of the Palestinians living in those parts Israel was busy stealing from them and destroying.
      There was no plan for “annihilating Jews, destroying Israel, and pushing Jews into the sea”. That is all projection on the part of the Israeli myth-machine, but is disseminated in Israel and around the world to gullible zionists as “history”.
    • RoHa on February 14, 2016, 4:38 pm
      “I wonder what this conversation would be like if the Arabs states had defeated Israel in 1948?”
      We would not be having this conversation. The evil of Zionism would have been defeated.
      “Hatred of Jews is something not in short supply among Palestinians”
      And Zionist Jews have worked hard to earn that hatred.
      “Would the conversation be directed against Palestinian atrocities?”
      If there had been any, I would certainly condemn them.
    • diasp0ra on February 14, 2016, 5:06 pm
      @Thunderbolt
      Could you please elaborate on what you mean when you say “Islamic states”? What is required to make a state “Islamic”?
      You need to separate Zionists from Jews from Israelis, they are not interchangeable categories.
      As for your question, it’s really nonsense, we can’t find out what happens in alternate universes so we don’t know what could have happened.
    • eljay on February 14, 2016, 6:59 pm
      || thunderbolt: I wonder what this conversation would be like if the Arabs states had defeated Israel in 1948? What if the Islamic states had succeeded in annihilating Jews, destroying Israel, and pushing the Jews into the sea? Atrocities are committed in time of war; hatred comes to the surface easily. Hatred of Jews is something not in short supply among Palestinians and many others. Would the conversation be directed against Palestinian atrocities? ||
      I wonder what this conversation would be like if the victims had defeated the rapist when he tried to abduct them. What if they had succeeded in knifing him, murdering him and pushing him into his grave? Atrocities are committed in times of violence; hatred comes to the surface easily. Hatred of rapists is something not in short supply among women and many others. Would the conversation be directed against female atrocities?
      Justice, accountability and equality must be universally and consistently applied to actual (past and on-going) crimes, not hypothetical ones. Leave it to a Zio-supremacist to suggest otherwise.
  12. Hastobe on October 28, 2017, 4:20 pm
    This accords with the memories of an elderly relative (now passed away) who served in Palestine. He developed dementia in later years and had screaming nightmares, not being able to do anything to stop the atrocities, trapped back in that time period in his mind.
  13. Hastobe on October 28, 2017, 4:22 pm
    Anonymise the victim and the abuser and these would easily by mistaken for accounts of the atrocities of the Nazis, Serbs, Rwandan Hutus…
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