From te_katz@magal.org.il Fri Jan 19 10:33:05 2001
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From: katz <te_katz@magal.org.il>
To: Ilan Hartuv <msih@mscc.huji.ac.il>,
     academia <academia@techunix.technion.ac.il>,
     SvS <SALAAM-V-SHALOM@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>, Encounter-EMEM@egroups.com,
     alef <alef@post.tau.ac.il>
Cc: Ami I. <ami_iss@NETVISION.NET.IL>, david Ephrati <dep@zahav.net.il>,
     Belkind naami <namibel@NETVISION.NET.IL>, tedy katz <te_katz@magal.org.il>,
     danny bloch <bloch@export.gov.il>, dani censor <censor@eesrv.ee.bgu.ac.il>,
     ALEF -Chadash Avital <alef@research.haifa.ac.il>,
     alefl hans lebrecht <hlebr@trendline.co.il>
Subject: Re: teddy Katz and Tantura

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Ilan,
I see no reason to discuss about my letter, is it pathetic or not. I do like to tell you, although you must not know it, that I keep saing it again and again, very much openly, during all of this last year, everywhere I have the chanse to say it: In my thesis I bring, amung other materials,  witnesses, Jews and Arabs, who told me what  they remembered about 22-23 May, 1948, the day of Tantura's conquest. I never accused or judged anyone and never permited myself to "decide" what exactly happened in Tantura at that day, because I wasn't there at that day. You can find it written in my research whenever you like.

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> If I`m not mistaken today is the day when teddy Katz has to decide ,either
> formerly lodge his appeal or publish the court approved statement signed by
> him ,stating that there was no massacre in Tantura ,or be liable to be sued
> for contempt of court.
> In this context it is interesting to read Teddy`s letter to  dani Censor the
> moderator of the  Academia list for publishing in the list
> I`m citing it here as posted without correcting mistakes
>
>
> > Dani,
> > I read your letter about our "phone interview" and must correct one, but
> > very important detail that you said, as part of the anser I gave to Amir
> > Gilat. Indeed, Gilat asked me if I stay behind what's in my thesis and i
> > answered "yes, I do"  but I never told you or any one else "that a
> massacre
> > took place as per my thesis".This is almost the whole problem. I never
> said
> > and still don't say now that "massacre took place in Tantura". I always
> said
> > that I have witnesses about a massacre there but this was never my
> conclusion
> > and this is the great difference. This is, maybe, the main reason for
> almost
> > the whole misunderstanding between us. This is, also, what I say a few
> times
> > in my rhesis: I have no conclusion in it. We may discuss if it's good or
> bad,
> > but this is already another question. I do hope it's clearer now. I also
> > hope very much this will reach you and please inform me if it did.
> >
> > Teddy Katz
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> To my mind this is a pathetic letter.If Katz is not sure that there was a
> massacre,why din`t he state it openly when he got to know that the
> Alexandroni veterans were going to sue them .I think that if he would have
> done that ,there would have been no proceedings  against him.In stead he
> agreed to meetings to collect money for his defence..
> Now the lawyer for Alexandroni has written that he found many forgeries in
> the testimony of Katz and in the documents and tapes that he presented .
> The lawyer and others have asked Haifa U to revoke his degree and the rector
> has appointed a committee to review the case .
> Ilan
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