Breaking the Silence: The Poem That Exposed Israeli War Crimes in 1948
by Yair Auron Haaretz English Edition Mar 18, 2016 A poem published by Natan Alterman during Israel’s War of Independence criticizing human-rights abuses was lauded by Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, who even distributed 100,000 copies of it among soldiers; other such testimonies were made to disappear. David Ben-Gurion, May 14, 1948. Credit: Government Press Office On