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In the 1930s and 1940s, groups within the Zionist underground in the British Mandate of Palestine committed a number of acts of political violence. These included actions by the Irgun, and Lehi, also known as the Stern Gang, primarily against British policemen and soldiers, but also against UN personnel, Jews suspected of collaborating with the British, and other non Jewish civilians in response to attacks made against Jewish communities. At the time, the British described such political violence as "Jewish" or "Zionist" terrorism.

During the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, mainstream Zionists, represented by the Vaad Leumi and the Haganah, practiced the policy of Havlagah (restraint), while Irgun members did not obey this policy and called themselves "Havlagah breakers".

After the beginning of World War II, both the Haganah and Irgun suspended their activity against the British so as not to distract the British from the fight against Nazi Germany. In 1944, after the defeat of the Nazis was assured, the Irgun resumed attacks. The smaller Lehi continued anti-British attacks and direct action throughout the war.

The official leadership of the Yishuv was opposed to these activities and demanded their cessation. After the assassination of Lord Moyne, the Jewish Agency Executive condemned the act and decided on a series of measures against what they called "terrorist organizations" in Palestine. According to Yehuda Lapidot, the Hunting Season was "the code-name for the Haganah's persecution of the Irgun, aimed at putting an end to its activities."

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During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

• April 1948 the Deir Yassin massacre carried out by the Irgun and Lehi.

See also

• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Palestinian political violence
• Political terrorism
• Religious terrorism

References

1. The "Hunting Season" (1945) by Yehuda Lapidot (Jewish Virtual Library)

Further reading

• J. Bowyer Bell (1977). Terror out of Zion: Irgun Zvai Leumi, LEHI, and the Palestine underground, 1929-1949. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-79205-0.

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