[Vicomte13]

But here is the question:

The Left will appease and retreat before the Arab.
But will they shoot the Jews who defy their orders?

[eclectic]

But will they shoot the Jews who defy their orders?

They (the Left) do not have to shoot anybody personally - they'd just give orders and somebody else will carry them out.

[rmlew]

Look up the Altalena incident where a certain captain in the Haganah named Yitzak Rabin ordered the sinking of an Irgun ship that carried munitions and refugees.