The Irgun was a radical Zionist group that targeted civilians.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple sources describe the Irgun as a revisionist Zionist paramilitary group that carried out attacks on Arab and British civilians, including the 1946 King David Hotel bombing and the 1948 Jaffa and Jerusalem bombings. The extraction is a faithful paraphrase of the passage.
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… They call it, "How could you possibly target civilians?" And I think that maybe this is a topic we can talk about in the future and just touch on right now, but I think most people don't realize that a lot of terrorism and targeting of innocents was carried out by radical Zionist groups, and Irgun was one of them. In other words, the, um, the foundation of the Zionist state, uh, was terrorism. That's absolutely true, because, um, Britain still had its empire after World War II. …
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Supports. Encyclopedia.com states that from 1931 through 1948 Irgun conducted many attacks against Arab civilians and British officials, including the King David Hotel bombing.[1]
Supports. The UN Commission of Inquiry report identifies the Irgun (Etzel) as a violent extremist Zionist militant organization responsible for attacks against Palestinian civilians.[2]
Supports. Le Orient-Le Jour reports that the Irgun and other Jewish militias were behind dozens of massacres of Arab civilians, with bombs placed in markets and residential areas to kill as many civilians as possible.[3]
Supports. Crikey describes the Irgun as a revisionist Zionist group formed to pursue Israel's establishment by force, which began terrorist attacks against Arab and British civilians.[4]
Supports. The IMEU timeline states the Irgun waged a campaign of terrorism against Palestinian civilians and the British, killing hundreds of civilians, and was considered a terrorist organization by the British and American governments.[5]
Contradicts. An Oxford University Press chapter states the Irgun's strategy 'was not deliberately to target or wantonly harm civilians' and that it targeted British troops rather than civilians, though it acknowledges the King David Hotel bombing killed mostly civilians.[6]
Context. Wikipedia notes the Irgun issued warnings before the King David Hotel bombing, which killed 91 people, and the StudyGuides overview describes it as a Zionist paramilitary group whose tactics blurred resistance and terrorism.[7][8]
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- 1Terrorism in the Middle East | Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Report of the Independent International Commission ...un.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Jewish militias’ reign of terror on Palestinetoday.lorientlejour.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4The fire last time: Terror, Zionism and the birth of Israelcrikey.com.au · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Timeline: The Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) & ...imeu.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Terrorism Success Stories Revisitedacademic.oup.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7Irgun - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Irgun Zvai Leumi (History) - Overview | StudyGuides.comstudyguides.com · not rated · cited for: context
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