Irgun

Irgun Zvai Leumi, commonly known as the Irgun (), was a Zionist paramilitary group in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. Irgun committed acts of terrorism.

History

Founding

The Irgun was a Jewish insurgent group founded in 1931. 



  It was a rival to the Haganah, serving as an arm of the Revisionist Party.

Activities

The Irgun was a terrorist organization in the 1940s. 

King David Hotel bombing
Irgun is well-known for the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946. 91 people died, 41 Arabs, 28 Britons, 17 Jews, 2 Armenians, an Egyptian, a Greek and a Russian national. Only 13 were soldiers.https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/Hoffman_2020_SWI_BombingKingDavid_AAM.pdf

Legacy

Irgun is deemed an early version of Ḥerut which was an Israeli political party.

Related pages

 Judaism
 Antisemitism
 The Holocaust
 History of Jews
 Anti-imperialism

References

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Category:National liberation movements
Category:Nationalist organizations in Palestine