On 1/21/07, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not much of a historian, so I did find your explanation of israel and > palenstine interesting. >
Irgun <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irgun>. " In February of 1944, under the new leadership of Menachem Begin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Begin>, who would later become prime minister of Israel, Irgun resumed hostilities against the British authorities. The purpose of these attacks was to increase the cost of British mandatory rule and influence British public opinion so as to encourage British withdrawal. It included attacks on prominent symbols of the British administration, including the British military <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_army>, police, and civil headquarters at the King David Hotel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing>on July 22, 1946 which killed 91 people and the British prison in Acre <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre%2C_Israel>. Although these attacks were largely successful, several Irgun operatives were captured, convicted, and hanged. Refusing to accept the jurisdiction of the British courts, those accused refused to defend themselves. The Irgun leadership ultimately responded to these executions by hanging two British sergeants, which effectively brought the executions to an end. " --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
