A poster of the Irgun Zvai Leumi

Object/Artifact

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Museum of the Palestinian People

Name/Title

A poster of the Irgun Zvai Leumi

Entry/Object ID

73

Description

The Irgun was one of multiple Jewish paramilitary organizations that attacked Palestinian and British targets. During the Nakba, these groups committed numerous massacres of Palestinian citizens most infamously Deir Yassin on April 9th, 1948. Following the formal establishment of Israel in May 1948, the Irgun was integrated into the Israeli army.

Collection

Permanent Collection

General Notes

Note

From All That Remains, by Walid Khalidi (The Institute for Palestine Studies, 1992)