Irgun

Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for "National Military Organization", was a militant Zionist group that operated in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1931 to 1948. In Israel, this group is always referred to as Etzel (אצ"ל), an acronym of the Hebrew initials. It was classified by British authorities as a terrorist organization and regularly described as such by many, but others considered it to be a liberation movement. Its political association with Revisionist Zionism rendered it a predecessor movement to modern Israel's right-wing Likud party/coalition.

External links

• Official History of Irgun
• History of Irgun by an American Jewish Organization
• Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on Irgun