Irgun
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In 2011, King likened the IRA to the African National Congress and the Irgun.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2019
Rabin was also involved in a bloody, and eerily foreboding, incident that took place within weeks of independence, and involved the Irgun, an extremist guerrilla group that had broken off from the Haganah.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2015
The Bergson group formed in 1940 when about 10 young Jews from Palestine and Europe came to the United States to open a fund-raising and propaganda operation for the Irgun, the right-wing Zionist militia.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2011
Back in the States and bored with college, he tried joining the Irgun, but the war for Israel's independence ended before he could help.
From Time ● Jun. 25, 2011
In April, Tiberias, Haifa, and Safed were occupied by the Haganah, and the Irgun, with the help of the Haganah, captured Jaffa.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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