1939-19465: The Second World War

Sakakini on the Fall of Tobruk

But Barker's disclaimer was false. Sometime after returning to England, he wrote to Kate Antonius. "They do hate having their pockets touched, as I said in my letter," he noted, adding, "I hope the Arabs will no longer think we are afraid to hang Jews." Two terrorists had committed suicide in prison before being executed, and Barker commented, "So that's two more less." His hostility to the Jews was clearly an inseparable part of his love for his Katy, and that love was part of his hostility. He would gaze at her picture, his eyes growing damp: "Katy, I love you so much, Katy," he wrote her. "Just think of all this life and money being wasted for these b - y Jews. Yes I loathe the lot - whether they be Zionists or not. Why should we be afraid of saying we hate them - it's time this damned race knew what we think of them - loathsome people."44

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