Irgun
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Irgun Zvai Leumi, commonly known as the Irgun (Hebrew: ארגון), was a Zionist paramilitary group in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.[1] Irgun committed acts of terrorism.[1]
History
Founding
The Irgun was a Jewish insurgent group founded in 1931.[1][2] It was a rival to the Haganah, serving as an arm of the Revisionist Party.[1][2]
Activities
The Irgun was a terrorist organization in the 1940s.[1][2]
King David Hotel bombing
Irgun is well-known for the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946.[1][2] 91 people died, 41 Arabs, 28 Britons, 17 Jews, 2 Armenians, an Egyptian, a Greek and a Russian national. Only 13 were soldiers.[3]
Legacy
Irgun is deemed an early version of Ḥerut which was an Israeli political party.[1][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
David Raziel, commander of the Irgun
1931 propaganda poster of the Irgun for distribution in central Europe – the map shows Israel defined in the borders of both Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan, which the Irgun claimed in its entirety for a future Jewish state.
The British government accuses Jewish terrorists of assisting the Nazis by their attacks in Palestine while the war in Europe continued.
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
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Irgun Zvai Leumi | Meaning, Israel, Etzel, & Ideology". Britannica. January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
- Ben-Ami, Yitshaq (1983). "The Irgun and the Destruction of European Jewry". Perspectives on the Holocaust. Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 71–91. doi:10.1007/978-94-015-6864-7_6. ISBN 978-94-015-6864-7.
- Medoff, Rafael (1996). Why Mrs. Brandeis Endorsed the Irgun: An Episode in Holocaust-Era American Jewish Politics. Vol. 84. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 29–38. doi:10.1353/ajh.1996.0016. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- Green, Dominic (November 13, 2011). "Irgun Zvai Leumi (Irgun)". The Encyclopedia of War. doi:10.1002/9781444338232.wbeow305. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- Couture, Adam (May 13, 2013). "Menachem Begin's Irgun and Zionist Revisionism: 1944-1948" (PDF). Minds@University of Wisconsin (MINDS@UW). Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- Sunderland, James A.S. (February 2, 2024). "How Broadway Helped the Zionist Revolt Against Britain". New Lines Magazine. https://newlinesmag.com/essays/how-broadway-helped-the-zionist-revolt-against-britain. Retrieved January 9, 2025. "In the 1940s, the Irgun went to the heart of American culture to garner support for its campaign of violent insurrection".
- ↑ https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/Hoffman_2020_SWI_BombingKingDavid_AAM.pdf