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Irgun | Just Vision Skip to main content ABOUT What We Do Our Team Ways to Give Jobs & Internships Contact LOCAL CALL FILMS Boycott Naila and the Uprising The Wanted 18 My Neighbourhood Home Front Budrus Encounter Point RESOURCES Legislation Tracker Graphic Novel Video Library Media Organizations Travel Glossary Interview Archives Maps PRESS EVENTS STORE DONATE The glossary is comprised of nearly 250 terms related to the Israeli-Palestinian context. Given the rapidly shifting landscape, these terms cannot capture the full range of nuances, narratives and historical events. This tool is meant as a starting point and we encourage you to continue your exploration of this topic through further research. Last update and review: September 2015. Search Term BROWSE ALPHABETICLY - Any -ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ# Irgun (Hebrew for "organization") Also known as Etzel, which is the Hebrew acronym for "Irgun Tzvai-Leum" or "National Military Organization." The Irgun was an underground Zionist paramilitary group active during the British mandate of Palestine. Considered a terrorist entity by the British administration and a radical rival by the dominant Labor Zionist movement, the Irgun undertook armed operations against both Arab communities and the British. In 1946, Irgun members bombed the King David Hotel, which served as a British command post. On April 9, 1948, members of the Irgun were identified as participating in the attack on the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin. By September 1948, the Irgun was completely dismantled and subsumed into the nascent Israeli army. One of the Irgun's main commanders was Menachem Begin, who later became Prime Minister of Israel. See One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, Tom Segev, Henry Holt and Company, 2000; and Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001, Benny Morris, Vintage Books, 2001. See also "Irgun Zvai Leumi," Encyclopedia Britannica. Attend a screening Check our events.UPCOMING SCREENINGS GET UPDATES Join our mailing listSIGN UP NOW CONTACT US Get in touch with our teamSEND EMAIL © 2023 Just Vision. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Sumo