Matityahu Shmulevitz Passes Away
Matti Shmulevitz, a member of the underground Lehi and an advisor to Menachem Begin, passes away at the age of 75 one day after collapsing during a chess game in Tel Aviv.
Matti Shmulevitz, a member of the underground Lehi and an advisor to Menachem Begin, passes away at the age of 75 one day after collapsing during a chess game in Tel Aviv.
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Lord Moyne, known as an anti-Zionist British official, had been appointed Minister of State for the Middle East, and from his place of residence in Cairo is responsible for implementing distinctly anti-Zionist policies. The Jewish Lehi militia considers Lord Moyne to be responsible for the deportation of Jewish immigrant ships; thus they plot to assassinate […]
Stern, who immigrates to Palestine in 1925 from Poland, becomes active in the Irgun defense organization. After the 1939 British White Paper, which restricts Jewish immigration into Palestine, Stern, along with several followers, refuses to stop fighting against the British and secedes from the Irgun to create a new militant breakaway group, Lehi, also known […]
Netanyahu reproaches the international community for supporting the Iran deal, the UN for its deafening silence against threats to Israel, and, against Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for promising to cancel all agreements with Israel.
Eliyahu Golomb, prominent leader of the Jewish defense effort in Palestine, passed away at the age of 52.
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The development and growth of Jewish self-defense organizations in Palestine reflected the slow but increasing hostility held by Arabs for Zionism’s presence and growth. In 1909, Bar Giora and Hashomer were established by volunteers to guard against sporadic Arab attacks on newly established Jewish farms and villages. In June 1920, these organizations dissolved into the […]
Defense – Haganah and IDF The development and growth of Jewish self-defense organizations in Palestine reflected the slow but increasing hostility held by Arabs for Zionism’s presence and growth. In 1909, Bar Giora and Hashomer were established by volunteers to guard against sporadic Arab attacks on newly established Jewish farms and villages. In June 1920, these […]
In teaching history, the most difficult task remains creating context:catapulting students back into a different time frame and having them disregard their contemporary historical perspective. The goal is to witness history as it unfolded, not as it concluded.