List of Lehi members

The following is a list of notable Lehi members. Twenty percent of Lehi members were women.[1] Many notable Lehi members were originally Irgun members.

Members

Geula Cohen, announcer of the Lehi underground radio station (1948)
  • Yaakov Banai, commander of Lehi's combat unit
  • Shaltiel Ben-Yair
  • Eliyahu Bet-Zuri, executed for his role in the assassination of Lord Moyne
  • Geula Cohen, member of the Knesset
  • Israel Eldad, leader in the Israeli national camp
  • Boaz Evron, left-wing journalist
  • Maxim Ghilan, Israeli journalist, author and peace activist
  • Eliyahu Giladi
  • Uri Zvi Greenberg
  • Eliyahu Hakim, executed for assassinating Lord Moyne
  • Amos Kenan, writer
  • Baruch Korff
  • Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli prime minister 1983–1984 and 1986–1992.
  • Avraham Stern, founder
  • Shimon Tzabar
  • Natan Yellin-Mor, member of the Knesset 1949–1951, leftist advocate of peace with Arabs.[2]

Commanders

  • Juli Torenberg-Elasar, commander of the women's group[1]
  • Tzelnik Yitzhak "Shimon", commander of Lehi in Jerusalem in 1941-1942 (before Avraham Stern's murder)[3]
  • Shpilman Anshel "Aryeh", notable commander who left Irgun, and was subsequently involved with many major Lehi operations[4]
  • Shomron Sovol Tzfoni, intelligence coordinator, head of training department, member of operations headquarters[5]

See also

  • Lehi biographies and interviews
  • Jewish Women's Archive Lehi members

References

  1. ^ a b "Lehi (Lohamei Herut Yisrael) | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  2. ^ Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 1986, "Portrait of a Mideast Terrorist"
  3. ^ "צלניק יצחק – "שמעון" | העמותה להנצחת מורשת לח״י". lehi.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  4. ^ "‏שפילמן אנשל – "אריה" | העמותה להנצחת מורשת לח״י". lehi.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  5. ^ "שומרון (סובול) צפוני – "צפוני" | העמותה להנצחת מורשת לח״י". lehi.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-03.