ALKAḤI, MORDEKHAI

ALKAḤI, MORDEKHAI: ALKAḤI, MORDEKHAI (1925–1947), Jew executed by the British in Palestine. Alkaḥi was born in Petaḥ Tikvah and grew up under difficult circumstances. He joined I.Ẓ.L. in 1943 and gained a reputation for his courage and initiative. He was captured together with Yeḥiel Drezner and eliezer kashani on Dec. 29, 1946, while attempting to kidnap some British officers, and with his companions was hanged in Acre. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Y. Nedava, Olei-ha-Gardom (1966); Y. Gurion, Ha-Niẓẓaḥon Olei Gardom (1971).

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DREZNER, YEḤIEL DOV — (1922–1947), Jew executed by the British in Palestine. Drezner was born in Poland and came to Ereẓ Israel with his parents who settled in Jerusalem, where Drezner joined the Betar movement. In 1940 he moved to Netanyah, where he joined I.Ẓ.L.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAVIV, AVSHALOM — (1926–1947), Jew executed by the British in Palestine. Ḥaviv was born in Haifa and when he was two years old his parents moved to Jerusalem. While still a secondary pupil in Bet ha Kerem he joined the IẒL. After serving in the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
IRGUN ẒEVA'I LE'UMMI — (Heb. National Military Organization – I.Ẓ.L., Eẓel, or the Irgun), a Jewish underground armed organization founded in Jerusalem in the spring of 1931 by a group of haganah commanders, headed by Avraham Tehomi, who had left the Haganah in protest … Encyclopedia of Judaism

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