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The Sergeants affair (Hebrew: פרשת הסרג'נטים) was an incident that took place in July 1947 during Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, in which the Jewish underground group Irgun kidnapped two British Army Intelligence Corps NCOs, Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice, and threatened to hang them if the death sentences passed on three Irgun militants—Avshalom ...
Monument commemorating the Olei Hagardom, Ramat Gan Olei Hagardom (Hebrew: עולי הגרדום, lit. "those who ascended to the gallows") refers to members of the two Jewish Revisionist pre-state underground organisations Irgun and Lehi, most of whom were tried in British Mandate military courts and sentenced to death by hanging.
July 25, 1947 The Sergeants affair: When death sentences were passed on two Irgun members, the Irgun kidnapped Sgt. Clifford Martin and Sgt. Mervyn Paice and threatened to kill them in retaliation if the sentences were carried out. When the threat was ignored, the hostages were killed.
Meir Nakar was born in Jerusalem to a poor Orthodox-Jewish family of Iraqi-Jewish origin, one of five brothers and a sister. His father was a shoemaker. At age 12, he left school and began working to support his family, and a year later, he joined the Betar Zionist youth movement.
In 1943, following his father's death and with World War II underway, Weiss fled to Budapest, hoping to get to Palestine from there.While in Budapest, he frequently disguised himself as a Hungarian military officer or an SS officer, stole birth certificates and passports, and used the fraudulent documents to save hundreds of Jews.
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly killed his estranged wife and then made it look like a suicide, authorities said.. Anthony Shea, 49 ...
This is a list of notable members of the Irgun, either having been listed by the Irgun's website [1] or by reputable independent sources.. Former Irgun members [2] have held positions of highest influence in the Israeli political and security establishments since independence, and the lasting effect of the ideology espoused by groups such as the Irgun and the Lehi continues to be a source of ...
The fifth day in the impeachment trial addressed the suspended attorney general's affair and its impact on the office. Ken Paxton’s affair exposed at impeachment trial: Get exclusive analysis on ...