Yitzhak Shamir was a member of the Irgun.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple independent reliable sources, including Reuters, the BBC, and JTA, state that Yitzhak Shamir was a member of the Irgun before later joining the Lehi (Stern Gang).
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… There was no lack of money. You know, the Rost Child family really bought much of that land to begin with and financed it. The Jewish Agency, which was the main Zionist organization, wasn't happy with any of this, but even you know, people like Isak Samir, who was Prime Minister of Israel in the in the uh 90s, uh was a part of the part of the Irgun. In the King David Hotel, you killed roughly 100 people, civilians. That was the document center of Mandatory Palestine, and there was no warning given, although they claimed that, and it really it drove the Jewish Agency or the Zionist Agency insane. …
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Supports. Reuters' 2012 obituary says Shamir 'conducted operations against British and Arab targets as part of the militant Jewish underground group Irgun.'[1]
Supports. The BBC obituary says Shamir joined the underground organisation Irgun Zvai Leumi before later joining the more extreme Stern Gang.[3]
Supports. JTA reports that in 1937 Shamir joined the Irgun, and the Brookings profile says he seceded from the Irgun along with Stern's Lehi faction.[2][4]
Supports. The Encyclopedia.com entry states that Shamir enlisted in Irgun Zvai Le'umi in Tel Aviv, and Wikipedia says he joined the Revisionist Zionist Irgun paramilitary group.[5][6]
Context. Sources agree that Shamir later left the Irgun and led the Lehi (Stern Gang), so the claim describes an earlier membership rather than his later affiliation.[3][4][6]
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6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, diesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, A Stalwart of ...brookings.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Obituary: former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamirbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s 7th Prime Minister, dies at 96 - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyjta.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Shamir, Yitzhak (1915–) - Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Yitzhak Shamir - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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