Rekhesh
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Rekhesh was the arms and munitions procurement branch of the Haganah
Jewish defence force in Mandate Palestine
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Rekhesh stole arms from British and Allied military bases, bought weapons on the black market and imported them from legitimate suppliers.
The organisation was expert at modifying, dismantling, cannibalising and packing weapons so that they could be smuggled into Palestine
without detection by the British authorities.
Shaul Avigur
was head of the organisation and Ehud Avriel
one of its main operatives.
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 :...
Jewish defence force in Mandate Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
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Rekhesh stole arms from British and Allied military bases, bought weapons on the black market and imported them from legitimate suppliers.
The organisation was expert at modifying, dismantling, cannibalising and packing weapons so that they could be smuggled into Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
without detection by the British authorities.
Shaul Avigur
Shaul Avigur
Shaul Avigur was a founder of the Israeli Intelligence Community.-Biography:Avigur was born in Dvinsk under the name Saul Meyeroff , but when his son Gur Meyeroff was killed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, he changed it to Avigur, meaning "Father of Gur"...
was head of the organisation and Ehud Avriel
Ehud Avriel
Ehud Avriel was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1955 and 1957.- Biography :Born in Vienna in Austria–Hungary, Avriel was educated at a local gymnasium...
one of its main operatives.