Posts Tagged: Irgun
What Did The Fighters For Israel’s Independence Want?
With the election of Menachem Begin as Israel’s prime minister in 1977 and the subsequent premiership of Yitzhak Shamir, US Jews were exposed to the...
Remembering the Altalena
Last Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a new memorial to the 16 victims of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s order to open fire on the...
BBC Interviewer Asks Israel’s Livni: Would You Consider Your Parents Terrorists? (VIDEO)
A journalist for the BBC asked Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni on Tuesday if she believed her parents were terrorists because they fought for the Irgun. Livni,...
Three Graves in Jerusalem, Three Lives Linked by History
Leading up to Jerusalem Day this year, leaders of four U.S. Orthodox organizations in March sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about...
