Irgun
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The Irgun, officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL, was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between
Avraham Tehomi, the first Commander of the Irgun
The ship Parita unloading immigrants at the beach in Tel Aviv
David Raziel, commander of the Irgun
Avraham (Yair) Stern
Haganah
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The Haganah was the main Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the British Mandate for Palestine. It was founded in 1920 to defend the Yishuv's presence in the region, and
Irgun
…organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the older and larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. The Irgun policy was based on Revisionist Zionism, founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Two of the most infamous operations for which the Irgun were known…
Haganah poster from the 1940s
Haganah fighters guarding Migdal Tzedek, 1936
In 1940 a Haganah bomb sank the SS Patria, killing 267 people.
Marching Jewish troops in the British army (1942)