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Israel Online · Aug 24, 2026

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Netanyahu on Altalena Discovery: “Civil War Never” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoked Menachem Begin’s historic message of national unity Monday following the discovery of the Altalena wreck 78 years after it was sunk off Israel’s coast. Speaking at the Irgun Museum, Netanyahu declared: “Civil war never.” The Altalena affair brought the newly established State of Israel dangerously close to an internal armed conflict in June 1948. Begin ultimately ordered his fighters not to retaliate, a decision that became one of the defining moments of his political legacy. Israel onlines WhatsApp channel

*Netanyahu on Altalena Discovery: “Civil War Never”* Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoked Menachem Begin’s historic message of national unity Monday following the discovery of the Altalena wreck 78 years after it was sunk off Israel’s coast. Speaking at the Irgun Museum, Netanyahu declared: “Civil war never.” The Altalena affair brought the newly established State of Israel dangerously close to an internal armed conflict in June 1948. Begin ultimately ordered his fighters not to retaliate, a decision that became one of the defining moments of his political legacy. Israel onlines WhatsApp channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6fsor6hENqpe0uKL3W

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