IRGUN ZVAI LEUMI


Meaning of IRGUN ZVAI LEUMI in English

(Hebrew; " National Military Organization ")

Jewish right-wing underground movement that advocated using force to establish a Jewish state on both sides of the Jordan River.

It opposed the British and the Arabs; its activities included a 1946 attack on the King David Hotel that left 91 dead and a 1947 raid on an Arab village in which all 254 inhabitants were killed. In 1943 Likud ; Haganah .

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.