Irgun

The Irgun (Hebrew: ארגוןcode: he is deprecated ), (full title: Irgun Zevai Leumi) (from Hebrew: הארגון הצבאי הלאומי בארץ ישראלcode: he is deprecated , "The National Military Organization in the Land of Israel"), was a Zionist paramilitary group in Palestine between 1931 and 1948.^[1]

History

Irgun poster, 1931

Irgun is best known for the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946.^[1]

In the 1940s, Irgun was labelled as a terrorist organization.^[1]

Legacy

Irgun is considered an early version of Ḥerut which was an Israeli political party.^[1] Irgun is also an early version of today's Likud political party in Israel.^[2]

Irgun Media

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who formulated the movement's ideology and was Supreme Commander of the Etzel
Avraham Tehomi, the first Commander of the Irgun
The ship Parita unloading immigrants at the beach in Tel Aviv
David Raziel, commander of the Irgun
Avraham (Yair) Stern
The British government accuses Jewish terrorists of assisting the Nazis by their attacks in Palestine while the war in Europe continued.
The King David Hotel after the bombing, photo from The Palestine Post
Menachem Begin as "Rabbi Sassover", with wife Aliza and son Benyamin-Zeev, Tel Aviv, December 1946
Arab bus after a bomb attack by the Irgun, 29 December 1947

Reference

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Irgun Zvai Leumi", Encyclopædia Britannica; retrieved 2012-5-31.
↑ Eisenstadt, S.N. (1985). The Transformation of Israeli Society, pp. 173–174.

Other websites

Media related to Irgun actions at Wikimedia Commons

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[britannica-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Irgun Zvai Leumi", Encyclopædia Britannica; retrieved 2012-5-31.

[2] Eisenstadt, S.N. (1985). The Transformation of Israeli Society, pp. 173–174.

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