He declared that “the Irgun has become the enemy of the Jewish people.” Ben-Gurion regarded Begin as his arch nemesis. A few weeks after Israel’s War of Independence started, Ben-Gurion was ...

In doing so, he created the political right wing in Zionist and Israel politics ... members of the Irgun were kidnapped by Palmah cadres, subjected to violence. Many dozens were handed over ...

Under the agreement, the Irgun retains its own forces, but it will refrain from separate operations and obey the orders of the Haganah Supreme Command which, incidentally, has announced the ...

an Irgun supply ship with enough military supplies to turn the tide of the war, and perhaps capture Jerusalem, which seemed unlikely at the time, was making its way to Israel from France.

In 1977, before the Camp David talks, Begin and Sadat had a preliminary meeting at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. On July 22, ...