Altalena Affair
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The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 between the newly created Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun, one of the Jewish paramilitary groups that were in the proce
Altalena on fire after being shelled near Tel Aviv
Model of the Altalena
Kfar Vitkin 1949 1:20,000, jetty where Altalena unloaded marked
Some of the crew of the Altalena, including Captain Monroe Fein (bottom row center).
Iser Lubotzky
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Iser Lubotzky was a member of Betar, the Vilna ghetto's underground and a Jewish partisan fighter. He was both a fighting member and a commander of the Irgun, serving as a national recruiting officer
Iser Lubotzky in Israel