Irgun
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Menachem Begin, a future Israeli prime minister, led the Irgun, a militant Jewish group in Palestine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
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 group was organized by Hillel Kook, a charismatic Irgun leader who adopted the pseudonym Peter H. Bergson.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2011
My father was outraged by the Irgun act, but said nothing more about it after his first burst of anger.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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