The seventh Million

1
The seventh Million

• The Zionist movement and the Yeshuv during World
  War II and the Holocaust

2
The Attitude in the Yeshuv

• Ben Gurion (1939) We shall fight the war
  against Hitler as if there were no White Paper,
  and we shall fight the White Paper as if there
  were no war. The Hagana stopped all activity
  against the British except illegal immigration
• Etzel Declared a truce against the British
  (1940). Its commander, David Raziel, killed in
  Iraq during A British special mission
• Lehi is formed by Etzel ex-members (lead by
  Avraham Stern) who insisted on continuing to
  fight the British (1940). By 1942 Stern is
  killed by British and most of Lehi members were
  caught

3
Yeshuv activity against the Nazis

• 9 of the Yeshuv served in British forces,
  Buffs and other units.
• The Nazi threat on Palestine from North (Syria
  under Vichy) and south (German troops getting to
  Egypt from Libya) force the British to create the
  Palmach the Haganas permanently mobile brigade
  (1941). Became underground after Al-Alamein.
• Parachutist dropped in different European
  countries, served as intelligence agents and
  resistance organizers (1944)
• The Jewish Brigade, recognizable Jewish body
  composed of volunteers from the Yeshuv 1944

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Violence's resume

• During the war, the British stick with White
  Paper Policy, despite Jewish support and Arab
  hostility
• The Zionist demand, Biltmore plan Palestine as
  a Jewish commonwealth (May 1942)
• The Etzel declare a revolt against the British
  February 1944
• Two Lehi members assassinated Lord Moyne
  British resident Minister in Cairo November
  1944
• The Saison - denouncing Etzel members to the
  British (1944-1945)