"British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947" On the main Jaffa highway outside Jerusalem a Lance Corporal of the Irish Fusiliers checks under the bonnet of a car for hidden contraband or weapons. Checks were carried out to identify members of the Jewish terrorist organisation Irgun Zyai Leumi, who had on 29 December 1946 kidnapped and flogged a British major and three staff sergeants.