Jewish Resistance Movement
| תנועת המרי העברי Jewish Resistance Movement | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1945–1946 |
| Disbanded | August 1946 |
| Country | Mandatory Palestine |
| Allegiance |  Yishuv |
| Role | Defense of Yishuv |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Moshe Sneh Yisrael Galili Nathan Yellin-Mor Menachem Begin |
The Jewish Resistance Movement (
The
Negotiations began for the formation of the movement in August 1945 at the behest of
In order to coordinate the activities of the groups, a civilian committee known as "Committee X" was made up of six members, representatives of the various political stream, (including Levi Eshkol). The operations board, who approved operations plans, was made up of Yitzhak Sadeh (of the Palmach), Eitan Livni (of the Irgun) and Yaakov Eliav (1917–1985) (of the Lehi).
During the movement's existence, eleven major operations were carried out, eight of them by the Palmach and Haganah, and three by the Irgun and Lehi, as well as many smaller operations. Notable among these were:
- The release of 200 members of Aliyah Bet from the detention camp in Atlit
- The bombing of railroads and train stations on the Night of the Trains
- The bombing of dozens of bridges around the country in the Night of the Bridges
- Attacks on British policestations
- Bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, where 91 people were killed, including 28 British citizens, 41 Palestinian Arabs, 17 Palestinian Jews, two Armenians, a Russian, an Egyptian, and a Greek.
In August 1946, in the wake of the King David Hotel bombing,
References
- ^ Jewish Agency for Israel, History of the Jewish Agency for Israel Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 27 April 2012
- ISBN 0-297-78399-8. pages 62–64.
- ISBN 0-9508367-0-2. Pages 272, 299. States that Haganah withdrew on 1 July 1946. But remained permanently uncooperative.
