“No civil war,” Menahem Begin commanded after Yitzhak Rabin reported the command of the leader of the Haganah, Ben Gurion, to kill some Holocaust survivors, members of Irgun, being apparently more keen on brotherly competition than avoidance of shedding blood that in such competitions will spill.

The unfortunate coincidence of Yitzhak Rabin’s tragic assassination and the fact that he transmitted orders that led to some deaths on the Altalena is one whose forensic implications inspire not only my fatalistic fascination, but my rejection of conclusions whose serendipity makes me an........

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