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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Fighters for the Freedom of Israel לוחמי חרות ישראל The hand represents the Lehi salute, with only two raised fingers on the right hand to represent the "If I forget thee / O Jerusalem...may my right hand forget its skill" (Ps. 137:5) pledge. The acronym "Lehi" is written below the ...
Flag of the Lehi movement. While under arrest, Stern and the other members of the Irgun argued about what to do during the war. Following his release in August 1940, he founded Lehi in August 1940, initially under a different name, it adopted the name Lehi, a Hebrew acronym for Lohamei Herut Israel, meaning Fighters for the Freedom of Israel, in September 1940. [1]
German general Erich Ludendorff said that turning Georgia into a German protectorate would ensure Germany access to Caucasus resources independent of Turkey. [ 5 ] In 1942, as the German offensive in southern Russia approached the area, the Soviet government ordered removal of the Abkhaz Germans to Kazakhstan .
February 26 – Irgun and Lehi fighters attacked three British airfields and destroyed dozens of aircraft. One Irgun fighter was killed. [10] April 25 – Lehi fighters attacked a Tel Aviv car park that was being used by the British Army's 6th Airborne Division, killing seven British soldiers and looting the arms racks they found. They then ...
Germany and France said that offering a MAP to Ukraine and Georgia would be "an unnecessary offence" to Russia. [297] Both Germany and France regarded Georgia and Ukraine as being in the Russian "sphere of influence". [301] [302] At the summit, the alliance did not offer a MAP to
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday appealed to his visiting Georgian counterpart to withdraw a planned law on foreign influence, increasing pressure from the European Union over the ...
Germany has staunchly defended Israel's right to defend itself since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, underscoring its duty to stand by the country's side in atonement for its perpetration of the ...
Sweden, co-author of the Eastern Partnership program, rejected Lavrov's position as "completely unacceptable". The EU's position on Georgia is not 'blackmail' but "is about upholding the principles of the EU and international law, which Russia should also be respecting", stated Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt [139]