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  Irgun
Irgun was secretly supported from 1936 by the Polish government, who hoped that establishing a Jewish state would help emigration of Jews from Poland, who by that time constituted one of the poorer segments of Polish society.
One famous ex-member of the Irgun is Uri Avneri[?], who became famous for his fighting as a part of the Samson Foxes jeep unit during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and then for his turn into radical pacifism as the leader of the Gush Shalom[?] movement.
April 9, 1948 - The Irgun together with the Stern gang attacked the palestinian village of Deir Yassin (see Deir Yassin massacre) during the battle for Israel's independence.
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 Irgun - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for "National Military Organization", was a paramilitary Zionist group that operated in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1931 to 1948.
Irgun was founded in 1931 by Avraham Tehomi, following a largely political and ideological split with the Haganah after he had assumed leadership over the district of Jerusalem.
In 1941, the Irgun leader, David Raziel volunteered for a dangerous mission in Iraq to assassinate Amin al-Husayni, but was killed by a German bomber before the operation could be finished.
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 Eretz Israel Forever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The IZL was founded in the conviction that the solution of the Jewish problem through the creation of a Jewish Sovereign State within the historical boundaries of Palestine cannot be achieved without relying on a Jewish Military Force.
In this conviction, the IZL is preparing to widen its cadres considerably, so that in case of war, over 100,000 trained, disciplined and partially equipped men be concentrated by it in Palestine.
The IZL is responsible for organizing and conducting the mass extra-legal immigration to Palestine.
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 Irgun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for "National Military Organization", was a clandestine militant Zionist group that operated in Palestine from 1931 to 1948.
The Irgun was called a terrorist organization by the British authorities as well as several Jewish organizations, such as the Jewish Agency, Haganah and Histadrut.
In 1941, the Irgun leader, David Raziel volunteered for a dangerous British military mission in Iraq to capture or kill Amin al-Husayni, but was killed by a German bomber before the operation could be finished.
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 Broadmining: Irgun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai-Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai-Leumi), Hebrew for "Military-National Organization", was a Zionist rebel group that existed in the early 20th century.
The Irgun was considered to be a terrorist organization by the British, amongs others, but many Jews regarded its members as
One well-known ex-member of the Irgun is Uri Avneri, who became famous for his fighting as a part of the Samson Foxes jeep unit during the
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 Irgun shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi also spelled Irgun Zvai...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
"Irgun", shorthand for "Irgun Tsvai-Leumi" (also spelled "Irgun Zvai-Leumi"), Hebrew for "Military-National Organization", was a Zionist Zionist rebel group that existed in the early 20th century.
Irgun was secretly supported from 1936 1936 by the Polish Polish government, who hoped that establishing a Jewish state would help emigration of Jews from Poland, who by that time constituted one of the poorer segments of Polish society.
One famous ex-member of the Irgun is Uri Avneri Uri Avneri, who became famous for his fighting as a part of the Samson Foxes jeep unit during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and then for his turn into radical pacifism as the leader of the Gush Shalom Gush Shalom movement.
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The Irgun could not accept the principle of "havlaga" - self-restraint - of the Zionist left when Jews were murdered, settlements attacked, fields and crops burned, and animals senselessly slaughtered.
The Irgun fought on the side of the British until the tide of the war had decisively turned in favor of the Allies in 1943.
The Irgun also saw little distinction between the Nazis, who were murdering Jews at an insane, astronomical rate, and the British, who, while aware of this, kept the gates of Palestine tightly closed.
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 Informat.io on Irgun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Irgun was classified by the British authorities and mainstream Jewish organizations as a terrorist organization, while others considered it to be an independence movement.
From 1940 through 1943, Irgun declared a truce against the British, and supported Allied efforts against Nazi forces and their allies in the area by enlisting its members in British forces and the Jewish Brigade.
The Haganah's active participation in the Resistence Movement ended as a result of Operation Agatha, and it formally abandoned the alliance following the Irgun bombing of British military, police, and civil headquarters at the King David Hotel which was a retaliation for the Agatha raid.
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 Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) - Lohame Herut Yi´sra'el (LEHI), Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) - Lohame Herut Yi´sra'el (LEHI), Bibliography
Bibliyografyah shimushit: Nili, Berit ha-biryonim, ha-Irgun ha-tseva'i ha-le'umi, Lohame herut Yi´sra'el--Practical Bibliography: Nili, "Brit Habiryonim", the Irgun Zvai Leumi, Lohamey Herut Israel.
The birth of the Irgun Zvai Leumi; a Jewish liberation movement.
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 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IRGUN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Their organization was named the "Irgun Zvai Le'umi" (National Military Organization), but for reasons of secrecy, its members used the name infrequently.
Over the years, the ranks of the Irgun were swelled by new young recruits, particularly from the Betar youth movement, but also from Maccabi, a non-party sports organization.
In June 1933, Dr. Chaim Arlozorov, chairman of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency and one of the prominent leaders of the labor movement in Eretz Israel, was murdered in Tel Aviv while strolling with his wife on the beach.
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Freedom of Information Privacy Act
Irgun Zvai Leumi, Irgun for short, and also known as the American League for a Free Palestine, Incorporated, is a group of Americans that support the terrorists in Palestine.
Haganah, as it was first known, remains as the defense army of the Jewish Agency started in 1919, with the Irgun group breaking with Haganah in the mid 1930's.
In 1949, Irgun was officially dissolved and the group became known simply as the Freedom Movement.
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 Jewish-Zionist Terror.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Irgun Zvai Leumi included between 3000 and 5000 armed terrorists, and grew out of the Haganah and its Palmach branch in 1933.
The Irgun was not ready to obey the Jewish Agency which sought to dilute the terror of the Haganah in order not to lose its respectability.
The Irgun officially claimed responsibility for the incident, but subsequent evidence indicated that both the Haganah and the Jewish Agency were involved.
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 Irgun
The Irgun was considered to be a terrorist organization by the British, amongs others, but many Jews regarded its members as freedom fighters.
July 22, 1946 - Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 91 people (17 Jewish).
The Irgun gave a warning to evacuate the building (Source: [1] (http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/jay/jew/firgun1931.htm))
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 Freeman Center: Dan Nimrod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Dan Nimrod was one of the original founders of the overseas branches of The Irgun Zvai Leumi, (1944), and Staff member of The European Command of the Irgun's 'Second Front', known by the nom de guerre "Dan".
He served as commander of Irgun operations in Germany (1945-46), in Italy (1946-47) and in France (1947-48) with jurisdiction over Austria, over the Irgun outposts in countries behind the 'Iron Curtain' and over North Africa.
He also took part in equipping the Irgun ship 'Altalena' with war materiel and was responsible for the recruitment and training of many of the Altalena 's 940 volunteers.
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 Britain Palestine Irgun Terrorism 1931-1948
[1931] Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) was founded in Jerusalem; led by Avraham Tehomi, it advocated armed Jewish insurrection against British rule and war against Palestinian Arabs.
[1943] Menachem Begin became leader of the Israeli terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization), which was engaged in a campaign against the British in Palestine.
Among other Irgun terrorist actions was the bombing of the British Embassy in Rome.
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 Irgun
Widely regarded by the British, amongst others, as a terrorist organization and by many Israelis as freedom fighters, it is also known by its Hebrew acronym Etzel.
For example, 24 Arabs were killed and 39 injured by a marketplace bomb in Haifa, Feb 27, 1939, and further casualities were caused by bombs in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv on the same day.
[1] History of the Irgun by a American Jewish Organization
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 Kidnappings, Beatings, Murders and Hangings
In 1944, with the end the war in sight, Irgun, now under the leadership of Menachem Begin, the future Prime Minister of Israel 1977-83, began to attack the British administration in Palestine, starting with bomb attacks on the immigration offices, tax offices and police stations.
This disapproval did not deter Irgun or the Stern Gang, and in 1944 the Stern gang murdered Lord Moyne the British Minister of state for the Middle East in Cairo, and started a series of bomb attacks on British installations.
On the July 29th British authorities, unable to bow to the flmail of the Irgun, even though British lives were at stake had no alternative but to allow the sentence of death on the three Jews to take it's course.
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 Jewish History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Irgun, which was known at that time as Haganah Bet, was under the command of Abraham Tehomi who had split with the Haganah five years earlier.
The Irgun believed that armed force was a prerequisite for the creation of a Jewish state, that Arabs who attacked Jews should expect retaliation and that no one had a right to prevent Jews from immigrating.
The Irgun warned the British that carrying out the sentence would mean their retaliation by hanging the British soldiers.
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 Hamas: A Pale Image of the Jewish Irgun And Lehi Gangs
The Irgun was led by Menachem Begin, the future Israeli prime minister who was a leading proponent of Revisionist Zionism, the militant branch of Zionism pioneered by Vladimir Zeev Jabotinsky, which openly despised the Arabs and sought restoration of what it called Eretz Yisrael, the ancient land of Israel.
The Irgun was the dominant Jewish terrorist organization, both in size and the number and frequency of its attacks.
However, there was close cooperation among Irgun, Lehi and the Haganah underground army under an agreement called the Hebrew Resistance Movement and aimed specifically against the British Mandatory government.
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 Menachem Begin
Interestingly, the Polish government secretly supported the Irgun and their quest for the establishment of a Jewish state in the hopes that Poland could rid their country of Jews.
The Irgun received weapons, ammunition, and military training from the Polish army.
Begin personally ordered many Irgun operations, including the Akko prison breakout, and the controversial bombing of the British administrative offices in the King David Hotel.
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 History News Network
October 1, 1946 The British Embassy in Rome was badly damaged by bomb explosions, for which Irgun claimed responsibility.
December ll, 1947 Six Arabs were killed and 30 wounded when bombs were thrown from Jewish trucks at Arab buses in Haifa; 12 Arabs were killed and others injured in an attack by armed Zionists on an Arab coastal village near Haifa.
December 13,1947 Zionist terrorists, believed to be members of Irgun Zvai Leumi, killed 18 Arabs and wounded nearly 60 in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Lydda areas.
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 The Last Ditch -- DOUGLAS OLSON -- A tale of two wars on terrorism
This was the Irgun's response to the scheduled execution of three of its own members who had been found guilty by British authorities in an assault at Acre and had been condemned to death by hanging.
Two months earlier, a large group of Irgun terrorists, some wearing British uniforms (a violation of the Geneva Accords, by the way), had fired missiles into the British fortress at Acre and then assaulted the compound.
Three days later the Irgun announced that the British sergeants had been hanged, and warned that the site of the hangings was mined.
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 Irgun, British, group, Jewish, attacks, through, military, Israel, Category, strategy, retaliation, killed, until - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
thumb Irgun (א׍גון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (א׍גון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for "National Military Organization", was a clandestine militant Zionist group (what nowadays would be commonly known a
thumb Irgun (א׍גון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (א׍גון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for "National Military Organization", was a clandestine militant Zionist group (what nowadays would be commonly known as terrorist group) that operated in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1931 to 1948.
Dieser Artikel basiert auf dem Artikel Irgun aus der freien Enzyklo.
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 Chapter 11: The Rise of Jewish Terrorism
From 1943 to 1948 the Irgun terrorists were led by Menachem Begin, the man who became the Likud Party’s first Prime Minister of Israel in 1977.
In the spring of 1946 the Irgun submitted a plan to the Haganah, but the Haganah thought it was too ambitious.
It was not Deir Yassin that attacked a village of the Irgun.
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 Menachim Begin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1942: Moves to Palestine, where he is active in Jewish guerrilla activity, as leader of Irgun Zvai Leumi, which was fighting for Jewish independence from the British.
The Irgun was considered one of the most relentless groups of its time.
1948: On the foundations of Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Herat party is formed.
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