In Lebanon and Syria today, the reverse is the case. For different historical reasons (Lebanon, longstanding social fissures; ...

He declared that “the Irgun has become the enemy of the Jewish people.” Ben-Gurion regarded Begin as his arch nemesis. A few weeks after Israel’s War of Independence started, Ben-Gurion was ...

The bombing is believed to be the work of the Irgun which yesterday killed 13 Arabs at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in a similar action. The bombs, which set off the worst massacre in the month ...

In doing so, he created the political right wing in Zionist and Israel politics ... members of the Irgun were kidnapped by Palmah cadres, subjected to violence. Many dozens were handed over ...

Under the agreement, the Irgun retains its own forces, but it will refrain from separate operations and obey the orders of the Haganah Supreme Command which, incidentally, has announced the ...

an Irgun supply ship with enough military supplies to turn the tide of the war, and perhaps capture Jerusalem, which seemed unlikely at the time, was making its way to Israel from France.

As the bus approached, Schein fired several shots before his gun jammed and, when Ben-Yosef tossed the grenade, it failed to detonate and the bus, with its 24 Arab passengers, drove away with its pas ...