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Jewish Defense Organizations: Irgun Tz'va'i Leumi (Etzel)

Reference

  • Background & Overview
  • Establishment of the Irgun
  • Split Within the Irgun
  • The “Hunting Season”

Major Incidents

  • Bombing of King David Hotel (1946)
  • Acre Prison Break (1947)
  • Altalena Affair (1948)

Relations with British

  • "Revolt" Proclaimed by the Irgun
  • Irgun’s Role in Clandestine Immigration
  • Deportation to Africa

Irgun Members

  • Yaakov Aharoni
  • Haviv Avshalom
  • Menahem Begin
  • Aryeh Ben-Eliezer
  • Robert Bitker
  • Dov Cohen
  • Yaakov Eliav
  • Aharon Heichman
  • Ze'ev Jabotinsky
  • Shmuel Katz
  • Yosef Katznelson
  • Hillel Kook
  • Eliyahu Lankin
  • Eitan Livni
  • Yaakov Meridor
  • Amichai Paglin
  • David Raziel
  • Yosef Simchon
  • Avraham Stern
  • Avraham Tehomi
  • Yaakov Weiss
  • Benyamin Zeroni
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