Haganah was formed in the 20's after the anti-Jewish riots in Palestine. They were primarily defensive, protecting jewish settlements. After the war of independence in 1948 they became the IDF. The Irgun was a radical splinter group that left the Haganah in the early 30's. They fit more within the mold of a terrorist group using assassinations, kidnapping and bombings to try and achive independence. During 1944 the Haganah with the cooperation of the British went to war with the Irgun. BTW there was an Arab batallion in the Haganah. The last group the Lehi or Stern Gang was even more radical than the Irgun. Even though the 3 groups reached a peace accord in 1945, during the war of independence the Irgun and Stern Gang were associated with a number of atrocities. The Haganah and Palmach were responsible for bringing the perpetrators to the Israeli courts after independence. Monachim Begen, a right wing Prime Minister of Israel was one of the leaders of the Irgun.
Michael and Judith may have a different take on the history though. On Monday, February 27, 2012, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I'm really not familiar with the various groups that operated in the > area between the end of WWII and the declaration of statehood in 48. > > Judah > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Larry C. Lyons > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > Pity she belonged to a terrorist group. Haganah I can see, but a group > that > > used terrorism and bombings on civilians, peacekeeepers and other Jewish > > defensive groups I find beyond the pale. At least it was not the Stern > Gang. > > > > On Monday, February 27, 2012, Judah McAuley wrote: > > > >> > >> Dr. Ruth also talks a little about her Orthodox Jewish parents. During > >> World War II, Westheimer was sent from Frankfurt to a children's home > >> in Switzerland after her father was rounded up by the Nazis; both her > >> parents later died in the Holocaust. She was an only child. The war > >> ended when she was 16. "I then went to Palestine, lived on a kibbutz, > >> which is a collective farm," she explains, "and then worked in the > >> underground movement as a sniper." (Dr. Ruth was a member of the > >> Zionist paramilitary group the Irgun.) "So if you don't ask me good > >> questions today, watch out," she teases interviewer Derek Blasberg. "I > >> can still put five bullets in a little red circle." > >> > >> From the article: > >> > >> > http://jezebel.com/5888692/exclusive-dr-ruth-is-a-trained-israeli-sniper-who-doesnt-like-to-treat-people-who-are-into-bondage > >> > >> Huh. Definitely something I did not know about Dr. Ruth. She's a > >> fascinating individual and damn smart. I'd love to have a drink with > >> her some time. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Judah > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
