The Times of Israel9d
Lebanon and Syria Also Need to Learn from Israel’s Altalena Affair
In Lebanon and Syria today, the reverse is the case. For different historical reasons (Lebanon, longstanding social fissures; ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs22d
Lessons of the Altalena Affair: Lebanon only gets one army, there's no room for Hezbollah - opinion
The Altalena Affair is not the title of an Agatha Christie novel. The Altalena was the name of a ship, and its final voyage was historic. On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion formally declared the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency26d
41 Jews Lynched at Haifa Oil Refinery After Irgun Bombs Kill Six Arabs
The bombing is believed to be the work of the Irgun which yesterday killed 13 Arabs at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in a similar action. The bombs, which set off the worst massacre in the month ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency29d
Haganah and Irgun Sign Agreement for Joint Operations; Sternists Not Yet Included
Under the agreement, the Irgun retains its own forces, but it will refrain from separate operations and obey the orders of the Haganah Supreme Command which, incidentally, has announced the ...
Arutz Sheva1mon
Should we be celebrating Ben Gurion Day?
He was not his brother’s keeper. In 1944, Menachem Begin, the future prime minister and the newly appointed leader of the Irgun, an underground army during the British mandate, declared a revolt ...