Summary
Joseph Weitz’s most trusted colleague in the practicalities of transfer, who in Pappe’s account shared Weitz’s view that the takeover of all Arab land was a ‘sacred duty’ requiring a war of occupation.
Details
- Nachmani shared Weitz’s dismay at what they both saw as the lacklustre performance of the Jewish leadership; Weitz wrote to him that the takeover of all Arab land was a ‘sacred duty’, and Nachmani concurred, adding that a kind of jihad — he used the term ‘milhement kibush’, a war of occupation — was required, while the current leadership was ‘impotent and weak people’ (The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, PDF p.90).
Related pages
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Joseph Weitz, Consultancy, Transfer