The Jewish Paramilitary Organizations in Palestine before the Creation of the State of Israel in 1948
https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2016-0-3-45-57
Abstract
The article takes a look at the history and origin of the main Jewish paramilitary organizations in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921–1948). One of the myths often used in Western and Israeli propagandistic literature describes Israel as a very weak state that after obtaining its sovereignty became extremely vulnerable to the heavily armed Arab hordes that invaded it immediately after the declaration of the Israeli State. However, the analysis above shows that the first Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948–1949 was not a battle between young David against the giant Goliath. By the time of the creation of Israel all the Jewish paramilitary organizations operating in Yishuv – “Haganah”, “Irgun” and LEHI – united creating the IDF. The national army of the newborn State met all the requirements of its time, was much better equipped, trained, mobilized and armed than the soldiers of all the neighboring Arab countries, which objectively predetermined their crushing defeat.
Keywords
Palestine,
Israel,
Yishuv,
Zionism,
the Palestinian problem,
the British Mandate,
“Haganah”,
BEITAR, “Irgun”,
LEHI
About the Author
А. Krylov
Institute of International Studies, MGIMO-University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander V. Krylov, PhD (History), Senior Researcher, Middle East Studies Center; Professor of the Oriental Studies Department
Moscow
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Krylov А. The Jewish Paramilitary Organizations in Palestine before the Creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Journal of International Analytics. 2016;(3):45-57. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2016-0-3-45-57
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