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The Irgun (), officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL (), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the older and larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah.
The Irgun was a Jewish paramilitary group that operated in Palestine from 1931 to 1948, breaking away from the larger Haganah organization to pursue its own military strategy during the period before Israel's independence. It matters historically because it was a significant armed force during the pivotal years of Jewish settlement and the establishment of the state of Israel.
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Key facts
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- Irgun emblem. The map shows both Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan, which the Irgun claimed in its entirety for a future Jewish state. The acronym "Etzel" is written above the map, and "raq kach" ("only thus") is written below.
- Militant organization.dates
- 1931–1949
- Militant organization.split
- Haganah
- Militant organization.merged
- Israel Defense Forces
- Militant organization.successor
- Herut
- Militant organization.allegiance
- Yishuv
- Militant organization.status
- Paramilitary
- Militant organization.ideology
- Revisionist ZionismAnti-Arab sentimentAnti-British sentiment
- Militant organization.partof
- Jewish Resistance Movement
- Militant organization.name
- National Military Organization
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- Irgun.svgclass=skin-invert
- Militant organization.image_size
- 200px
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- Irgun (group)
- inception
- 1931-01-01
- native label
- ארגון צבאי לאומי
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1948-09-28
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34 sectionsContents
- Ideology and organization
- Structure of organization
- Prior to World War II
- Founding
- Under Tehomi's command
- The first split
- Illegal immigration
- End of restraint
- Increase in operations
- During the same period
- First operations against the British
- During World War II
- Second split
- Change of policy
- Revolt
- Struggle against the British
- Underground exiles
- Hunting Season
- Jewish Resistance Movement
- Further struggle against the British
- Acre Prison break
- The Sergeants affair
- 1948 Palestine War
- Integration with the IDF and the Altalena Affair
- Propaganda
- Criticism
- Description as a terrorist organization
- Accusations of fascism
- Other
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- In fiction
- External links
The Irgun (), officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL (), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the older and larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah.
The Irgun policy was based on what was then called Revisionist Zionism founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Two of the most infamous operations for which the Irgun were known; the bombing of the British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946 and the Deir Yassin massacre that killed at least 107 Palestinian Arab villagers, including women and children, carried out with Lehi on 9 April 1948.