May 14 marked 63 years of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. The Palestinian Arabs know it as al Nakba, which translates as 鈥渄ay of the catastrophe鈥.
In preparation for Israel鈥檚 independence from Britain, the Haganah 鈥 a Zionist paramilitary, or, as it would be described by the FBI today, terrorist organisation 鈥 set about its two objectives.