December 16, 1947 Arab Attack in Haifa
My father was an electrician and a plumber. He had a store in downtown Haifa at 24 Allenby Street. I used to go to the store after school and help him.
ON DECEMBER 16TH, 1947, IT WAS 6:00PM AND DARK. MY FATHER AND I WERE ATTACKED BY SEVERAL YOUNG ARABS. MY FATHER, BEING FAIRLY STRONG, PICKED UP A LARGE PIPE CUTTER, HITTING ONE OF THE ATTACKERS WITH IT. THE ATTACKERS THEN FLED. WE LEARNED AFTERWARD THAT THEIR LEADER WAS MY FATHER’S TRUSTED AND MUCH-LIKED HELPER, WHO HE THOUGHT SO MUCH OF THAT HE HAD GIVEN HIM THE HEBREW NAME, MOTKEH.
Source: Dictated to George Blumenthal on 11/18/05 by Ambassador Uri Bar-Ner Israeli Ambassador to Turkey from 1998 to 2001.
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