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'''Irgun''' (Hebrew: אִרְגּוּן; full title: הָאִרְגּוּן הַצְּבָאִי הַלְּאֻמִּי בְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ha-Irgun Ha-Tzvai Ha-Leumi be-Eretz Yisrael, lit. "The National Military Organization in the Land of Israel"), was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandate Palestine between 1931 and 1948. Irgun is responsible for some attacks | '''Irgun''' (Hebrew: אִרְגּוּן; full title: הָאִרְגּוּן הַצְּבָאִי הַלְּאֻמִּי בְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ha-Irgun Ha-Tzvai Ha-Leumi be-Eretz Yisrael, lit. "The National Military Organization in the Land of Israel"), was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandate Palestine between 1931 and 1948. Irgun is responsible for some attacks such as the [[bombing of the King David Hotel]] in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946 and the [[Deir Yassin massacre]]. Irgun was described a terrorist group by Britain, the 1946 Zionist Congress, the Jewish Agency and others such as Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt and Winston Churchill. The Irgun was a political predecessor to Israel's right-wing '''Herut''' party, which led to today's Likud party. | ||
[[File:Irgun.jpg|thumb|The Irgun logo]] | [[File:Irgun.jpg|thumb|The Irgun logo]] | ||
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