Orde Wingate- The Non-Jewish Man Who Gave Military Tactics To Israel

We often say that Indians need to deal with Terrorists like Israel. But then we say that we are not Jews.

Israelis have an unknown interesting history. They had been running away from Palestinians since 150 years & did not have their own country. They were scattered across the globe, busy earning their daily bread and butter. Despite being the most literate and flourished community in the world, the Jews were looked upon with contempt and utmost pity. But even the Jews did not wake up till their very existence came to the verge of extinction.

Leave alone Hitler, entire Europe was enjoying the sadistic pleasure of destroying Israelis. Until World War 2, there was no compassion or sympathy for the them even in England’s External Policies. If you ve seen the movie called Lawrence of Arabia, there was an alliance between Englishmen and Arabs during the First World War. This friendship extended to the second world war. Jews all over the world were trying to hide and survive in Palestine. But the British policies still favoured the Arabs. During that time, An English Army officer was sent to Palestine as an Intelligence Officer.

His name was Captain Orde Wingate. This Infantry Genius possessed a strange yet extraordinary personality. Wingate personally had a great amount of sympathy towards Jews. He went against British Foreign Policies, unified the Jews and imparted training in strategic warfare.

Zvi Brenner & Moshe Dayan who grew up to become great military leaders of Israel were his students. It was Wingate who offered the Israelis these warfare techniques. Before that, Israelis could only conduct marches in camps. Arab gangs would come and attack them. The Israelis used to take only required defensive actions.

Once Wingate asked Zvi Brenner, “ Don't you know that the Arabs living beyond these hills are thirsty for your blood? They will come one day and eliminate your existence forever?” Brenner replied, “They won't be able to do it easily. We'll put up a good fight.” Wingate reprimanded, “ You Jews are masochists. You are inviting trouble. Unless your brothers get slaughtered, your sisters get raped and your parents are thrown away into filthy canals, you won't act. You can fight and defeat them, but I will teach you how to fight.”

Wingate went on to lead Israeli Units in several Strategic Missions. He lead them in identifying and eliminating Arab Strongholds. As an officer, he emphasized the need for preemptive strikes, and insisted upon taking the fight to the enemy’s territory. Both of these principles later came to serve as central tenets of Israel’s defensive posture and military doctrine. Wingate organized special training courses at Ein Harod, where some of the future leaders of Israel’s military were schooled. Most of the times the dead bodies of the victims were carried in trucks and thrown near Palestinian Police Stations. Wingate not only changed Israelis in terms of Military, but also changed their mindset. He converted them from Defenders to Attackers. He carved out Military Generals like Moshe Dayan for Israel. Wingate is perhaps the only Non-Jew whose statue has been erected in Israel.

The mentality of a nation is determined by its leaders. That's why they are called leaders. A leader’s confidence spreads among the citizens like wildfire. Excuses like, “We are not Israel, we won't be able to become like them” are all silly. A leader should decide how the nationa should transform take its law abiding citizens through the transition accordingly.

If a group of Jews living in shanties could convert Israel from a Sleeping Sheep to a Lion, then this is Bharat- The land of Tigers, why cant We?