Original sentence: Arab violence against Jews in the mandate of Palestine could only be deterred through retaliation; the British authorities only ended their restrictions on Jewish immigration when pressured by force; and unrestricted Jewish immigration was a matter of saving lives, both during the Shoah and during post-World War II pogroms in Poland and the Ukraine.In their defense, former Etzel leaders argued that:.The King David Hotel attack was considered a legitimate military target at the time it was bombed; the attack on Deir Yassin was part of a legitimate campaign to control the road between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; the attack on the Akko prison was to release prisoners the British intended to hang.The premises for their founding and strategy were vindicated by subsequent events
Edited sentence: Arab violence against Jews in the mandate of Palestine could only be deterred through retaliation; the British authorities only ended their restrictions on Jewish immigration when pressured by force; and unrestricted Jewish immigration was in fact a matter of saving lives, both during the Shoah and during post-World War II pogroms in Poland and the Ukraine.In their defense, former leaders Etzel assert that:.The King David Hotel was in fact a legitimate military target at the time it was bombed; the attack on Deir Yassin was part of a legitimate campaign to control the road between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; the attack on the Akko prison was to release prisoners the British intended to hang.The premises for their founding and strategy were in fact vindicated by subsequent events