The Irgun and Lehi gangs openly advocated the use of terrorism as a useful tool against Arabs since it often led to Arabs abandoning villages rather than engaging in armed resistance.
The Irgun felt that the massacre of hundreds of Arab civilians committed at Deir Yassin in 1948 had significant publicity value in these regards and would save the lives of Jewish militants in future village invasions by deterring resistance.
The Haganah and Palmach militias were incorporated after independence into the newly-minted Israel Defense Forces and many members of the Irgun and Lehi were absorbed into the Mossad intelligence service then being organized by CIA counterintelligence chief James J. Angleton.
Many Jewish terror gang leaders went on to hold high office , including former prime ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir. Recent Israeli PM candidate Tzipi Livni is the daughter of the former operational commander of the Irgun and current Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi is a son of the former operational commander of Lehi.
Some recent articles on the stalemate on reconstruction in Gaza:
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/04/27-gaza-reconstruction-masri
http://www.electronicintifada.net/tags/gaza-reconstruction-mechanism
The Irgun and Lehi gangs openly advocated the use of terrorism as a useful tool against Arabs since it often led to Arabs abandoning villages rather than engaging in armed resistance.
The Irgun felt that the massacre of hundreds of Arab civilians committed at Deir Yassin in 1948 had significant publicity value in these regards and would save the lives of Jewish militants in future village invasions by deterring resistance.
The Haganah and Palmach militias were incorporated after independence into the newly-minted Israel Defense Forces and many members of the Irgun and Lehi were absorbed into the Mossad intelligence service then being organized by CIA counterintelligence chief James J. Angleton.
Many Jewish terror gang leaders went on to hold high office , including former prime ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir. Recent Israeli PM candidate Tzipi Livni is the daughter of the former operational commander of the Irgun and current Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi is a son of the former operational commander of Lehi.