Palmach

The Haganah (Defence) had a field army of up to 160,000 well-trained and well-armed men and a unit called the Palmach, with more than

Signs of the Times 2009

Later that month in the Galilee, Yigal Allon, commander of the elite Jewish brigade known as the Palmach, implemented a plan to spread more fear among the local Arabs.

Sandy Tolan: Bush In Israel: Standing With One Side 2008

His military career began in 1940 when he joined the "Palmach", the elite unit of the Haganah.

Yitzhak Rabin - Biography 1999

Contrary to the norm, Rabin was not discharged after two years, but served in the 'Palmach' until its dissolution in 1948.

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Upon completion of his studies, he joined the 'Palmach'.

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He served as the 'Palmach' Operations Officer, commander of the 'Harel' Brigade, and Chief of Staff of the Southern Front in the War of Independence.

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In other words, via the Palmach, the Irgun and the Haganah, they became Al-Qaeda-level terrorists.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Israeli Election 2009

"Zion Gate" 2010 is a close-up of part of a wall built around the old city of Jerusalem by the Ottoman sultan in 1540: The massive stone blocks are pocked with holes left from gunfire during the Israeli war of independence in 1948, when the Palmach was unable to gain control of the nearby Jewish quarter.

Of Lost People and Lands of Fragments William Meyers 2011

He had been a veteran merchant seaman during the Second World War and in the struggle against the British occupation, he was a member of the Palmach, the Haganah's strike force, which fought the British occupiers with bombs and terrorism.

Saul Friedman: Gray Matters Remembers -- The Captain of "Exodus" 2010

U.S., brought internal violence again as the Palestine Liberation Organization asserted itself with terror bombings not unlike those of the Palmach against the British occupation.

Saul Friedman: Gray Matters Remembers -- The Captain of "Exodus" 2010