Lehi

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Lehi was a radical Zionist paramilitary organization in Mandatory Palestine known for its militant struggle against British rule and controversial tactics during the 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist paramilitary organization
militant group
underground organization
activeIn 1940s
alsoKnownAs Lohamei Herut Israel
Stern Gang
commemoratedBy Lehi Museum in Tel Aviv
consideredAs terrorist organization by British authorities
terrorist organization by contemporary British and Arab sources
country Mandatory Palestine
dissolvedIn 1948
foundedBy Avraham Stern
foundedIn 1940
fullName Lohamei Herut Israel
fullNameInEnglish Fighters for the Freedom of Israel
hadArmsCacheIn Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
hadPoliticalWing Lehi political committee
ideology Revisionist Zionism
radical Zionism
influencedBy European anti-colonial movements
nationalist underground movements
initiallyPositionedAs anti-British even during World War II
keyLeader Israel Eldad
Nathan Yellin-Mor
Yitzhak Shamir
languageOfCommunication Hebrew
mergedInto Israel Defense Forces
mergedIntoDate 1948
notableOperation assassination of Lord Moyne
assassination of UN mediator Folke Bernadotte
notableOperationDate 1944
1948
operatedDuring World War II
opposedTo British White Paper of 1939
British rule in Mandatory Palestine
primaryGoal establishment of a Jewish state in all of Mandatory Palestine
expulsion of British authorities from Palestine
recognizedAs fighters for the independence of Israel
recognizedBy State of Israel
recruitedFrom Jewish youth in Mandatory Palestine
separatedFrom Irgun
targeted British military installations
British officials
infrastructure of the British Mandate
usedTactics assassinations
bombings
guerrilla warfare
robberies

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