Particularly, the Irgun is noted for itsbravery.[1][2] Irgun members once captured theAcreprison,[1][2] afortress built in theMiddle Ages reportedly unconquerable by evenNapoleon.[1][2] The Irgun also captured much of Jaffa (Yafo) ‒ located in present-day northwestern Israel ‒ in the final days of British rule.[1][2]
Irgun is deemed an early version of Ḥerut which was anIsraelipolitical party.[1][2] Irgun is also an early version of today'sLikud political party in Israel.[4][better source needed] Due to Irgun's subscription to Revisionist Zionism,[2][5] which is alleged to be maximalist[6] by Western academic leftists who shapehistoriography,[2][7] the Irgun is tainted with thestigma of terrorism in Western collective memory.[2][7]
Phillips, Moshe (February 13, 2024)."The Gaza war and dark history of the 'BBC' during the Holocaust".Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). RetrievedJanuary 10, 2025.British forces in the 1940s committed horrific acts of sexual torture, as well as physical and psychological abuse, against young Jewish boys and girls.
Schultz, Matthew (August 22, 2024)."Our Own Altalena Moment".Jewish Journal. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2025.Today as well we are ringed by enemies threatening to wipe us off the map, and yet here we are. Another Altalena is sailing over the horizon.
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