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	1941-PalmachFormed
		The Palmach was formed to be the first standing army of the Haganah -- an elite force, able to provide force when necessary.
		Against the background of a possible German invasion of Palestine on May 16, 1941, the Palmach was created to establish an elite ready reserve for the Haganah.
		Between 1941 and 1943, there was close cooperation between the Palmach and the British, with the British using Palmach units for behind-the-lines assaults in Vichy-dominated Lebanon and Syria.
	www.multied.com /Israel/1941PalmachFormed.html (223 words)

	Palmach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Palmach (in Hebrew - " פלמ"ח ") was the regular fighting force of the Haganah (the underground army of Jewish settlers during the British Mandate of Palestine).
		The Palmach (Hebrew abbreviation of "Plugot Mahatz פלוגות מחץ" - in English strike force) were the regular fighting forces of the Yishuv (Jewish settlement) in Palestine prior to the establishment of state of Israel.
		The Palmach commanders' course, commanders' reputation and values were embedded into the Israeli Defence Forces and their legacy is alive even today, in the current generation of IDF field commanders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palmach (1421 words)

	Palmach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Palmach פלמ"ח was the "elite strike force" established by the Haganah on May 19, 1941.
		The Palmach (Hebrew abbervation of "Plugot Mahatz פלוגות מחץ" - in English strike force) were the elite forces of the Jewish settlement in Israel prior to the establishment of state.
		In the begining of the war, Palmach units were responsible for holding Jews settlements (such as Gush Etzion, Kfar Darom and Revivim) against the Arab militias.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Palmach (575 words)

	Encyclopedia: Palmach
		Itzhak Sadeh, (1890- 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the independence of the State of Israel.
		After the establishment of the Israeli Defence Forces, the Palmach was dissolved into two IDF brigades - the Negev Brigade and Yiftah Brigade.
		Yigal Allon, considered by many to be the representative of the Palmach generation, never properly reached a position of national leadership, although he was Prime Minister for a few days between Eshkol's death and Golda's appointment in 1969.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Palmach (3274 words)

	Palmach -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The major commanders training course was in the Palmach and many (The clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israel Defense Force) Haganah commanders were sent to be trained in the Palmach.
		Although inferior in numbers and arms, Palmach soldiers held out long enough to let (The clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israel Defense Force) Haganah mobilise the Jewish population and prepare for war.
		The Palmach commanders' course, commanders' reputation and values were embedded into the (Click link for more info and facts about Israeli Defence Forces) Israeli Defence Forces and their legacy is alive even today, in the current generation of IDF field commanders.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Palmach.htm (1616 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Palmach
		From a humble beginning Palmach grew to 3 fighting divisions and auxiliary aerial, naval and intelligence units in the war of 1948.
		The Palmach was established by Haganah and the British military on May 15, 1941 in order to help the British to protect the land of Israel from the Nazi Germany threat.
		Palmach put emphasis on training self-dependent and broad-minded field commanders who would take the initiative and set an example for their troops.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Palmach (1758 words)

	The Palmach
		The Palmach, an acronym for “Pelugot Hamahatz,” meaning striking force, was established as part of the Haganah on May 19, 1941, due to fears of a German invasion of Palestine.
		In fact, Palmach bases were situated on kibbutzim, so members of the Palmach were responsible for their agricultural tasks as well as their military training exercises.
		Of the 12 Haganah brigades, three were Palmach brigades, considered the “tip of the spear” during the war and in the establishment of the Israel Defense Forces.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/Palmach.html (207 words)

	Palmach Flags (Israel)
		The Palmach grew up and in its peak during the Independence War it had three regiments (Yiftah, Har'el and Negev with 10 battalions together) of the 12 IDF regiments existed in that period.
		Due to political reasons, the Palmach as such was dissolved in 7 November 1948 with its three regiments becoming regular IDF regiments.
		The flag of the Palmach and its emblem (two spikes and a sword) were revealed on the 2nd Palmach assembly in Ein Harod on 20 July 1945.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/il^palm.html (470 words)

	MSN Encarta - Yitzhak Rabin
		During World War II (1939-1945), the Palmach worked with the United Kingdom to fight the influence of the Germans and their allies in the Middle East.
		Rabin was appointed a Palmach platoon commander in 1943 and deputy battalion commander in 1944.
		In late 1948 the Palmach was absorbed into the new Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the armed forces of the state of Israel.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569176/Rabin_Yitzhak.html (1268 words)

	The Palmach History Museum
		The aim of the museum, explains Ilan Lev, Director of the Museum, is to give a sense of the period which led to the founding of the state.
		The Palmach was the strike force of the Haganah, the pre-state underground defense organization which was eventually incorporated into the Israel Defense Forces after 1948.
		This sets the stage for the formation of the Palmach, which was created to deal with two threats: the advance of the Germany army towards Egypt, and attacks by hostile Arabs on the Jewish community.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/palmachmuseum.html (688 words)

	Definition of Palmach
		The Palmach (Hebrew abbreviation of "Plugot Mahatz פלוגות מחץ" - in English strike force) were the elite forces of the Jewish settlement in Israel prior to the establishment of state.
		Most of the Palmach members received advance training in one (or more) of the following areas: sabotage and explosives, reconnaissance, sniping, communications and radio, light and medium machineguns and operating 2 intch and 3 intch mortars.
		Palmach activists like "Kumzitz" (siting around a fire at night, eating, talking and having fun), public singing and cross-country foot trips became a myth and favorite activities for the Israelis.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Palmach (1325 words)

	Palmach - Wikipedia
		Die Palmach פלמ"ח (Akronym für Plugot Machatz פלוגות מחץ Einsatztruppen, hebr.) wurde am 19.
		Berühmte Mitglieder des Palmach waren unter anderem Jitzhak Rabin und Mosche Dajan.
		Einige ehemalige Mitglieder des Palmach gründeten den Kibbutz Palmachim.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palmach (198 words)

	Loyalty to the "Good Ol' Boys"
		The Palmach clique was nurtured from the time of the Arab revolt in the late 1930's to become the elite whose future was to control the country.
		The first commander of the Palmach, Yitzhak Sadeh, was counted amongst the generation of the founders, but the second commander, Yigal Allon and the other senior officers, were counted amongst the generation of the sons, whose future was to inherit the founders.
		Like the Palmach and Battalion 890, from the outset the GSRC was fashioned in the national consciousness as a unit whose soldiers were heroes, its team officers ' strategists ' and its commanders ' visionaries.
	www.gamla.org.il /english/article/2001/june/urim.htm (3009 words)

	Labiennale di Venezia - The Israeli Pavilion - The Palmach History Museum
		Palmach was a special unit of the Hagana — the military organization of the Jewish state to be during the British Mandate in Palestine (1941-1948).
		Palmach members also fought in the War of Independence before being incorporated into the Israeli Defense Force, and they became a symbol of the Israeli ethos.
		The Palmach History Museum was founded by the organization of Palmach veterans; it includes a theater, an education center, offices and a space of commemoration.
	www.labiennale-israeli-pavilion.org /html/Palmach_Site.html (201 words)

	Documento senza nome (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Il Palmach fu preparato a dispiegarsi dal livello di battaglione sino al singolo soldato con il suo fucile, anche se molta cura fu messa nel preparare azioni e colpi di mano a livello di squadra.
		Il primo comandante del Palmach fu Yitzhak Sadeh, un ex ufficiale dell'Armata Rossa che nella vita aveva ricoperto mille mestieri.
		Fino al febbraio del '45 il Palmach fu occupato essenzialmente nel proteggere i kibbutzim e gli insediamenti ebraici più isolati da qualsiasi tipo di minaccia armata e nell'assistere le forze di polizia britanniche nella cattura ed il disarmo delle frange più estremiste del terrorismo sionista.
	www.arsmilitaris.org /pubblicazioni/Palmach_file/Palmach.htm (1901 words)

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		The Palmach was an army that looked for and suggested missions, and never said something was impossible.
		The Palmach was a fighting framework of morals and ethics, that made a covenant of "the cornstalks and the sword" with the settlement enterprise that viewed it as a Zionist and security value.
		The Palmach was a school for the knowledge and love of the Land of Israel." Ze'evi served in the IDF with its founding in 1948 in many positions, including heading the Central Command beginning in 1968.
	www.jr.co.il /terror/israel/zeevy2.txt (528 words)

	Searching For A Lion - The World and I Magazine
		The chizbat, in the eyes of the Palmach, had to be somewhat "true." Although this sense of truth was never explicitly defined by the members of the Palmach, it did not refer to the recounting of historical fact.
		When she signals him, he immediately crouches close to the ground because in Palmach field exercise, psss means there is danger and one should freeze close to the ground.
		The Palmach, although composed mostly of men, was not like other male military groups, they did not use sexuality as a symbol of their military prowess.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1989/april/cl4.cfm (3429 words)

	Talk:Palmach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the Palmach consisted of three brigades in 1948, not divisions.
		Also, in Foundations Of Excellence: Moshe Dayan And Israel's Military Tradition (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1988/KAA.htm): "In early 1948, Yigal Allon, who succeeded Yitzhak Sadeh as Palmach Commander in 1945, had 6 fully-trained battalions at his disposal each of which contained 4 companies.
		By the early summer of that year, the Palmach contained 9 battalions and was capable of sustained, brigade-level offensive operations."
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Palmach (217 words)

	[CTRL] Palmach - and Orde Winston a guerrilla trainer..
		Interesting items - inasmuch as Timothy McVeigh was a hit and run guerrilla, and left us messages in a Gideon Bible - thought I would send the two stories for I believe we have not seen the "hidden face' and "hidden hand' behind the World Trade Center.....
		The Palmach The elite striking force of the Haganah.
		STORY of Orde Wingate - who tried to murder himself.....so it is written: Major-General Orde Wingate Orde Wingate was born in India in 1903, and was fourth-generation military.
	www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg77921.html (2202 words)

	Yiftach Palmach Zeevi: My father said it's a different Bibi
		Yiftach Palmach Zeevi explained on Arutz Sheva's news program today why he has endorsed the candidacy of Binyamin Netanyahu in the Likud primaries against Ariel Sharon.
		Palmach Zeevi explained that during the course of the Sharon Administration he discussed his misgivings over Sharon's policies with his father, the late minister Rehav'am Zeevi.
		Palmach Ze'evi noted that he was spurred to act due to Sharon's endorsement of the establishment of a Palestinian state.
	www.netanyahu.org /yifpalzeevmy.html (191 words)

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		In 1941 he was one of the founders of the Palmach, a commando style strike unit of the Haganah.
		The Palmach consisted of many first-generation Sabra’s or Palestine born Israelis who were also fluent Arabic speakers, which gave it the ability to remain concealed among the Arab population and to wage a lethal unconventional war on them.
		If the Palmach fighters were driving the Arabs from their traditional homes by psychological means, the terrorist end of the Haganah spectrum like the Irgun of Menachem Begin and the Stern gang led by Yitzhak Shamir were using more direct methods.
	www.indiadefence.com /Israelfact.htm (1426 words)

	Partisan Review
		That generation was plagued by a distinct sense of inferiority vis-à-vis the Palmach native sons, and took on the character of those treading in the footsteps of the first victors and trailblazers.
		Just as the Palmach generation had constituted the elite of Palestinian youth, the sons and daughters of the State comprised but a small group within an Israeli society caught up in the grips of swift and powerful change.
		But in contrast with the Palmach’s distinctive camaraderie, Meir Har-Tziyon and those who ventured to Petra were more reminiscent of the lonely rider in Hollywood westerns: the fearless fighter, ever pushing toward the frontier, into broad borderless spaces, distant from all settled habitation.
	www.bu.edu /partisanreview/archive/2000/4/shapira.html (5252 words)

	AJ6 Israel Tour 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The visit to the Palmach Museum was really interesting - the way we were taught was very exciting and made the whole history relevant.
		The Palmach was the strike force of the Haganah, the pre-state underground defence organization which was the forerunner of the Israel Defence Forces.
		Though it existed for only seven years, the values which the Palmach promoted - mutual responsibility, assistance, sacrifice and contribution to the greater good - are legendary.
	www.aj6.org /israel04/issue17.html (792 words)

	The myth of Brigadier General Yitzhak Sadeh, first Commander of Palmach (English)
		Itzhak Sadeh, the commander of the Palmach units, a soldier, a writer and an educator, was one of the founders of Zahal (Israeli Defense Forces - IDF) which led to the independence of the State of Israel.
		In 1941 he participated in the foundation of the Palmach, Hagganah's enlisted military forces of volunteers, and served as its chief commander until 1945.
		During that year he was appointed to be Hagganah's Chief of General staff and among other activities was in charge of the movement's operations against the British Forces and the operations involving bringing clandestine Jewish immigrants to Israel.
	www.giga.co.il /hatavor/esadeh.htm (576 words)

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