Moshe Kelman

In early 1947, Kelman was ordered by the Haganah to supervise the execution and burial of a Jew accused of collaborating with the British.

When a woman member of the Palmach refused to throw a grenade into a room in which she could hear a child crying, Kelman argued that women should not be used on front line duties but should be used as "cooks and service people.

[13] According to a female member of the Palmach, Netiva Ben-Yehuda, the captive men were tied up and thrown into the deep gully between Ein al Zeitun and left for two days.

Two days later, word of the massacre leaked out, and it was feared that British or UN investigators would arrive, so some soldiers, including Ben-Yehuda, were detailed to untie the corpses and bury them.

[14] Afterwards, Netiva Ben-Yehuda, was ordered, with others, to the untie ropes from the dead when it was feared that the bodies might be discovered by members of the Red Cross who were visiting the area.

[2] Ilan Pappe states that one of the reasons for this and "many other mass killings" was that the Haganah did not have facilities for large numbers of prisoners.

After completing a BA, he returned to Israel, where he worked as an investment consultant and in the design and construction of factories and industrial zones.