Sheik Ahmed Yassin
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- laurus0
Unfit,
There was terror. But comparing it is manipulative.
The scale was different (a few acts over many years not every day for years and years), and more than 90% of the Jewish population opposed it. So much that they gave away the leaders of the NMO (Etzel) to the enlightened British, which, by the way, hung them:
Meetings were held between Haganah and Etzel leaders, where it was made clear to Etzel commander, Menahem Begin, that the Jewish institutions would not agree to a continuation of terror, which was sabotaging their political initiatives. Begin, however, refused to end his organization's terrorist activities.
Following the assassination of Lord Moyne, the leaders of the Yishuv decided to cooperate with the British by turning Etzel members over to them. Members of the Haganah submitted lists containing names and addresses of Etzel members and even participated in their capture. The period when Etzel members were pursued by the Haganah is known as the Sezon