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    The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 between the newly created Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun (also known...
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    Forces. Conflict between the Irgun and the IDF escalated into the 1948 Altalena affair, and the Irgun formally disbanded on January 12, 1949. The Irgun...
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    (IDF),[citation needed] but was not truthful of the armaments aboard the Altalena as it was scheduled to arrive during the cease-fire ordered by the United...
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    was assassinated in 1995, of having "murdered Holocaust survivors on the Altalena". The comments were disavowed by his father. He has compared Roni Alsheikh...
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    portion of the weapons and the ammunition were later destroyed in the Altalena Affair. In 1949 he became the President of the Council of Ministers (premier)...
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    not to make independent arms purchases. This was the background for the Altalena Affair, a confrontation surrounding weapons purchased by the Irgun resulting...
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    scene of fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Irgun during the Altalena Affair, in which the IDF stopped an Irgun attempt to import arms for its...
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  • Brother Against Brother: Violence and Extremism in Israeli Politics from Altalena to the Rabin Assassination. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-85344-4...
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    year. In 2015 he released his second play Altalena Boy; both EPs were reprinted in a studio album titled Altalena Boy/Vetulonia Dakar on 16 January 2015...
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    Etzel attempted to bring in a private arms shipment aboard a ship called "Altalena". When they refused to hand the arms to the government, Ben-Gurion ordered...
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    Irgun attempted to bring in a private arms shipment aboard a ship called Altalena. Fearing a coup by the Irgun (at the time the IDF was in the process of...
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    commanded IDF forces on the beach of Tel Aviv confronting the Irgun during the Altalena Affair. In the following period he was the deputy commander of Operation...
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    independent unit was against the Irgun, in the Altalena Affair. On 22 June 1948 the Irgun moored the Altalena, loaded with weapons, off Tel Aviv. Ben-Gurion...
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    Irgun fighters and 3 IDF soldiers who perished in the 1948 sinking of the Altalena cargo ship was erected in the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in 1998, where gravesites...
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    not to make independent arms purchases. This was the background for the Altalena Affair, a confrontation surrounding weapons purchased by the Irgun resulting...
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  • the Yishuv, setting it on the brink of a civil war, together with the Altalena affair. Others think that, by being a decisive step in establishing the...
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    confrontation with the Irgun over the distribution of weapons from the Altalena, Allon commanded the troops that were ordered to shell the vessel. During...
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  • Monroe Fein (1923–1982), US Navy lieutenant and captain of the Altalena in the 1948 Altalena Affair Monroe Karmin (1929–1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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    Listok, he hired him. At that point, Jabotinsky changed his pen name to Altalena, which he confesses was a mistake. He thought the Italian word meant "elevator...
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    thousands of Jews out of Europe during the Holocaust. He died on the beached Altalena in the midst of exploding onboard munitions during heavy machine gun exchange...
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    Lebanese Forces, with him as a commander. This was called the "Operation of Altalena", with which Gemayel became the sole leader of the Christian military side...
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  • record and produce the full score soundtrack for the movie "Altalena" - a movie about the Altalena Affair from 1948. This led to the forming of a legal company...
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    Defense Forces (IDF). To that end, Ben-Gurion used a firm hand during the Altalena Affair, a ship carrying arms purchased by the Irgun led by Menachem Begin...
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    the novel is based on Morris' experience as an officer aboard an LST. Altalena Affair – a decommissioned LST used to transport weapons to Israel was involved...
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    confrontation with Irgun members trying to bring weapons ashore from the Altalena at Kfar Vitkin. During Operation Danny, he led his battalion in a brief...
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    Begin's influence, was eventually used to ship arms. The ship was named Altalena, and was the focus of a violent confrontation between the newly formed...
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    Forces. Conflict between the Irgun and the IDF escalated into the 1948 Altalena affair, and the Irgun formally disbanded on January 12, 1949. The Irgun...
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  • Etzel attempted to bring in a private arms shipment aboard a ship called "Altalena". When they refused to hand the arms to the government, Ben-Gurion ordered...
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    USS Barrow 12 May: USS Butte, USS LST-545 25 May: USS Salt Lake City 16 Jun: Altalena 2 Jul: USS Conyngham, HMAS Vendetta 5 Jul: USS Wainwright 8 Jul: USS New...
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    Brother Against Brother: Violence and Extremism in Israeli Politics from Altalena to the Rabin Assassination. Simon & Schuster. p. 68. ISBN 0-684-85344-2...
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