Jewish Resistance Movement

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The Jewish Resistance Movement was an underground alliance of Zionist paramilitary groups in Mandatory Palestine that coordinated armed and sabotage operations against British rule in the mid-1940s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jewish Resistance Movement canonical 2
Hebrew Resistance Movement 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist paramilitary organization
clandestine organization
underground alliance
activePeriod mid-1940s
alsoKnownAs Hebrew Resistance Movement
Tenuat HaMeri HaIvri
coordinatedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine
country Mandatory Palestine
dissolvedAfter King David Hotel bombing
dissolvedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine
endTime 1946
ethnicGroup Jewish
foundedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine
goal to advance the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine
to pressure Britain to change its policy on Jewish immigration
hasMember Haganah
Irgun
Lehi
hasPart Haganah
Irgun
Lehi
ideology Zionism
influencedBy World War II aftermath
languageOfWork Hebrew
locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
mainOpponent British Mandate authorities
natureOfWork armed resistance
sabotage operations
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
opposedTo British rule in Mandatory Palestine
partOf Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
Yishuv underground
purpose to conduct sabotage operations against British targets
to coordinate armed struggle against British rule in Palestine
reasonForDissolution disagreements over tactics and civilian casualties
significantEvent King David Hotel bombing
Night of the Bridges
Night of the Trains
startTime 1945
targeted British administrative infrastructure
British military infrastructure
usedTactic attacks on police stations
bombings
coordinated nationwide operations
sabotage of railways

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine coordinatedBy Jewish Resistance Movement
Night of the Trains organizedBy Jewish Resistance Movement
Jewish Resistance Movement alsoKnownAs Hebrew Resistance Movement
linked to: Jewish Resistance Movement