1903-1990) Born in 1903 in Odessa in the Russian Empire. Immigrated to Eretz Israel as a pioneer and worked on roadmaking. Completed Haganah courses with honors. In 1925 was appointed deputy commander of Jerusalem District, Haganah, and in 1929-1931 served as District Commander. The 1929 riots caused unrest in the Haganah ranks because the organization was not ready and did not respond ...

The Outrage The Bombing of the King David Hotel On the morning of the 22nd of July 1946 a party of between 15 and 20 Jews, dressed as an Arabs entered the King David Hotel. The hotel housed the Secretariat of the Government of Palestine and Headquarters of the British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan. The terrorists were able to enter the building without arousing too much attention because ...

The split in the Irgun occurred in June, 1940, and was rooted in the enduring differences of opinion between two schools of thought in the Irgun. The dominant group, headed by David Raziel, regarded Jabotinsky as the main leader and accepted the authority of the Revisionist party; the second group, led by Avraham Stern (Yair) held that the Irgun should determine its own political path and free ...

The Altalena, purchased by Irgun members abroad, was originally intended to reach Israel on May 15, 1948, loaded with fighters and military equipment. Weapons purchase and organizational matters took longer than expected, however, and the sailing was postponed for several weeks. Meanwhile, on June 1st, an agreement had been signed for the absorption of the Irgun into the IDF and one of the ...

Altalena Part I June 16, 1948-North of Netanya, Israel. General Moshe Dayan watched as gunfire swept over the Altalena, an Irgun ship trying illegally to land arms on the coast of the brand new State of Israel. &nbsp&nbsp Figures the Irgun to screw us over right when we get a truce with the Arabs, Dayan growled. He was already wondering who the real enemy was. A sudden roar of a cannon engulfed ...