Shimon Tzabar
Shimon Tzabar (5 March 1926 in Tel Aviv – 19 March 2007 in London) was a member of the editorial board of ''Israel Imperial News''. He described himself as a "Hebrew-speaking Palestinian".The son of poultry vendors, he was educated at a religious school. In his teens, after initially joining Ze'ev Jabotinsky's Betar organization, he became a member of all three Jewish underground military organizations in British-ruled Mandatory Palestine: Lehi (the "Stern Gang"), Etzel, and Haganah (Palmach) that fought the British and the Arab populations. The British Mandatory authorities arrested him and detained him for several months at Latrun. With the establishment of Israel, he briefly joined the Israeli Communist party. He fought in Israel's first three wars: 1948–50, 1956, and 1967.
However, Tzabar strongly disagreed with the annexation of the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem and takeover of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israel in the aftermath of the Six-Day war. In September 1967 he became famous for a declaration he published in Ha'aretz, together with 11 co-signatories, protesting against the incipient occupation. In part it read:-
"Our right to defend ourselves from extermination does not give us the right to oppress others. Occupation entails foreign rule. Foreign rule entails resistance. Resistance entails repression. Repression entails terror and counter-terror. The victims of terror are mostly innocent people. Holding on to the occupied territories will turn us into a nation of murderers and murder victims. Let us get out of the occupied territories immediately."
He subsequently left Israel in protest and settled in England. Tzabar was a columnist for a number of years for both the daily ''Haaretz'' and the weekly ''Ha'olam Haze'' newspapers. He also published 27 books in Hebrew, among these are works of fiction, travel, children's books and poetry. Allen Lane, the hardcover imprint of Penguin Books, published his English book, ''The White Flag Principle'', that had been translated and published in Japan and in most European languages.
His views eventually evolved towards anti-Zionism: Tzabar became an outspoken opponent of Zionism in addition to the occupation; he criticized peace groups like Peace Now and Gush Shalom.
In 2004 Michelin threatened to sue him for trademark infringement, after he published a study of Israel's prisons under the title "MUCH BETTER THAN THE OFFICIAL MICHELIN Guide to Israeli prisons, Jails, concentration camps and torture chambers". The company eventually dropped the case, much to Tzabar's disappointment.
An accomplished painter, polymath, and mycologist, he identified a species of mushroom. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Sefer torat ha-mapalot ṿeha-tevusot ha-shalem : ketsad le-natseaḥ bile-hafsid /ספר תורת המפלות והתבוסות השלם : כיצד לנצח בלהפסיד /
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5Shene ha-efroḥim ṿeha-tolaʻat /שני האפרוחים והתולעת /by Tzabar, Shimon, 1926-
Published 1964
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8Ḳotso shel Tsabar /קוצו של צבר /by Tzabar, Shimon, 1926-2007
Published 1951
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9ʻAśarah rishume nofעשרה רישומי נוף /by Tzabar, Shimon, 1926-2007
Published 1955
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13ʻAsarah rishume nofעשרה רישומי נוף, בצריף מבוא/by Tzabar, Shimon, 1926-2007
Published 1955
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15ʼIm tirtsu ve-ʼim lo tirtsu ʼen zo ʼagadah : mahazeh politi be-hamesh maarakhot ve-sof davar /אם תרצו ואם לא תרצו אין זו אגדה : מחזה פוליטי בחמש מערכות וסוף דבר /by Tzabar, Shimon, 1926-2007
Published 1988
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