Herut (newspaper)
Owner(s) | Irgun Herut |
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Founded | 1909 (Jerusalem edition) 1942 (Irgun edition) 1948 (Herut edition) |
Language | Hebrew |
Ceased publication | 1948 (Irgun version) 1965 (Herut version) |
Herut (Hebrew: חרות, lit. 'Freedom') was the name of four newspapers published in Palestine and later Israel. The first was established in Jerusalem during the Ottoman era, two were journals of the Irgun, whilst the fourth was owned by the Herut political party founded by former Irgun members.
Jerusalem newspaper
In 1909 a weekly newspaper by the name of Ha-Herut was established in 1909 by
Irgun newspaper
Herut was established as the journal of the Irgun in 1942, with its first edition published on 10 March that year. It was published at least once a month on four pages, and was sent by mail to private addresses, as well as being pasted on walls in public areas. The paper took a
The ninety-ninth and last edition of the paper was published on 10 June 1948, though publication of a separate Herut journal continued in Jerusalem during June and July that year, with the city cut off from the rest of the country by the
Herut daily
In 1948 a new daily newspaper associated with the
In 1965 the Herut party allied with the
References
- ^ a b The Israeli Press Archived 2002-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ Avraham Elmalich Knesset website
- ^ Shmuel Merlin Knesset website