Abraham Stavsky
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Abraham Stavsky was an activist member of Betar
, the youth movement of a Revisionsit Zionist
group founded by Vladimir Jabotinsky.
On June 18, 1933, Stavsky was arrested by the British Mandate police as a suspect in the June 16, 1933 murder of Chaim Arlosoroff
. He was convicted on June 8, 1934, and sentenced to death.
There was quite a bit of controversy regarding the accuracy of the charge and righteousness of the conviction among the Jewish public and an outspoken supporter was the Chief Rabbi
of Palestine, Rav Kook
. His conviction was overturned in 1934, by the highest British Court of Appeals in Palestine.
He went on to work with the Irgun in smuggling Jews out of Europe during the Holocaust. Stavsky died on the beached Altalena
in the midst of exploding onboard munitions during heavy machine gun exchange with Haganah
forces. The ship had been beached some 50 yards off the shore of Tel Aviv
within a stone's throw of where Arlosoroff was murdered almost 15 years earlier to the day.
Betar
The Betar Movement is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir Jabotinsky. It has been traditionally linked to the original Herut and then Likud political parties of Israel, and was closely affiliated with the pre-Israel Revisionist Zionist splinter group...
, the youth movement of a Revisionsit Zionist
Revisionist Zionism
Revisionist Zionism is a nationalist faction within the Zionist movement. It is the founding ideology of the non-religious right in Israel, and was the chief ideological competitor to the dominant socialist Labor Zionism...
group founded by Vladimir Jabotinsky.
On June 18, 1933, Stavsky was arrested by the British Mandate police as a suspect in the June 16, 1933 murder of Chaim Arlosoroff
Chaim Arlosoroff
Haim Arlozoroff was a Zionist leader in Palestine during the era of the British Mandate for Palestine and head of the political department of the Jewish Agency. Arlosoroff was assassinated while walking on the beach in Tel Aviv in 1933....
. He was convicted on June 8, 1934, and sentenced to death.
There was quite a bit of controversy regarding the accuracy of the charge and righteousness of the conviction among the Jewish public and an outspoken supporter was the Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities...
of Palestine, Rav Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar...
. His conviction was overturned in 1934, by the highest British Court of Appeals in Palestine.
He went on to work with the Irgun in smuggling Jews out of Europe during the Holocaust. Stavsky died on the beached Altalena
Altalena Affair
The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 between the newly formed Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun, a right-wing Jewish paramilitary group...
in the midst of exploding onboard munitions during heavy machine gun exchange with Haganah
Haganah
Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.- Origins :...
forces. The ship had been beached some 50 yards off the shore of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
within a stone's throw of where Arlosoroff was murdered almost 15 years earlier to the day.
See also
- Assassination of Haim ArlosoroffAssassination of Haim ArlosoroffOn the night of Friday, June 16 1933, left-wing Zionist leader Haim Arlosoroff was assassinated as he was walking with his wife on the beach in Tel Aviv. Initially believed to be carried out by his right-wing political enemies, the subsequent court case ended in acquittal for the two accused of the...