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Irgun
Irgun (Irgun Zvai Leumi, or National Military Organization). Jewish organization, also called Etzel, which was formed in Palestine in 1937 by extremist elements of Haganah B to undertake reprisals for Arab attacks. After May 1939 it also carried out sabotage and bomb attacks against British targets to show its dislike of British immigration policies. But once the war started it declared a truce and its leader, David Razi'el, was killed in Iraq while on a mission for the British. This, and the formation of the Stern gang, which split its ranks, left it temporarily immobilized. But in the USA, after the Bermuda conference of April 1943, members founded the Emergency Committee for the Rescue of European Jews which drew wide publicity. In December 1943 Menachem Begin, a member of Anders' Army temporarily stationed in Palestine, assumed the leadership of Irgun. He cut all ties with the Haganah and, in a campaign for an independent Jewish state, resumed attacks on British installations and police stations, obtaining funds by extortion and intimidation. The Jewish Agency eventually neutralized the Irgun, but a post-war revival of its activities included blowing up part of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in July 1946.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Irgun." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Irgun." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Irgun.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Irgun." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Irgun.html |
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Irgun
Irgun (Hebrew, in full Irgun Zvai Leumi, ‘National Military Organization’; byname ETZEL) An underground ZIONIST terrorist group dedicated to the foundation of a Jewish state, active (1937–48) in Palestine against Arabs and later Britons. Under the leadership of Menachem BEGIN from 1944, it blew up the King David Hotel in Jerusalem (22 July 1946), with the loss of 91 lives. It was disbanded when its objectives were achieved with the creation of Israel.
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"Irgun." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Irgun." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Irgun.html "Irgun." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Irgun.html |
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Irgun
Irgun a right-wing Zionist organization founded in 1931. During the period when it was active (1937–48) it carried out violent attacks on Arabs and Britons in its campaign to establish a Jewish state; it was disbanded after the creation of Israel in 1948.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Irgun." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Irgun." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Irgun.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Irgun." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Irgun.html |
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Irgun
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"Irgun." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Irgun." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Irgun.html "Irgun." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Irgun.html |
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