Irgun in a sentence

Accordingly, the Irgun accompanied its armed operations with public-relations campaigns aiming to convince the public of the Irgun's way and the problems with the official political leadership of the Yishuv.

After this announcement Irgun, Betar and Hatzohar members, including Raziel and the Irgun leadership, were gradually released from detention.

Afterwards, the "Aliyah Center" was founded, made up of representatives of Hatzohar, Betar, and the Irgun, thereby making the Irgun a full participant in the process.

Eli Tavin, the former head of Irgun intelligence, was appointed commander of the Irgun abroad.

Furthermore, Stern was in favor of removing the Irgun from the authority of the New Zionist Organization, whose leadership urged Raziel to return to the command of the Irgun.

In the first years of its existence it was known primarily as Ha-Haganah Leumit' (The National Defense), and also by names such as Haganah Bet ("Second Defense"), Irgun Bet ("Second Irgun"), the Parallel Organization and the Rightwing Organization.

Since the Irgun captured the neighborhood of Manshiya on its own, causing the flight of many of Jaffa's residents, the Irgun took credit for the conquest of Jaffa.

The clash ended in a ceasefire and the transfer of the weapons on shore to the local IDF commander, and with the ship, now reinforced with local Irgun members, including Begin, sailing to Tel Aviv, where the Irgun had more supporters.

The Irgun made good on a threat they made and after the detainee was whipped, Irgun members kidnapped British officers and beat them in public.

The Irgun next bombed the Income Tax Offices in those three cities, followed by a series of attacks on police stations in which two Irgun fighters and six policemen were killed.

The Irgun tended to retaliate more often, and sometimes Irgun members patrolled areas beyond their positions in order to encounter attackers ahead of time.

This period was also marked by more cooperation between the Irgun and the Jewish Agency, however David Ben-Gurion 's uncompromising demand that Irgun accept the Agency's command foiled any further cooperation.

Irgun also bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946, killing 96 people and injuring 46 others.

In May 1942, the Anders Army was sent to Palestine, where Begin received a leave of absence and joined the Irgun (IZL).

A "brigade" in the Irgun was made up of three sections.

According to a compilation by Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Lehi was responsible for 42 assassinations, more than twice as many as the Irgun and Haganah combined during the same period.

According to the Irgun these sort of armed attacks were legitimate, since the trains primarily served the British, for redeployment of their forces.

A few hours later, the Irgun carried out a number of operations.

A few hours later, the Irgun shot at an Arab in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Rechavia.

All in all, over 1,000 members of the Irgun and Lehi were arrested and interred in British camps during the Saison.