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Yehuda Lapidot

Yehuda Lapidot, professor emeritus of biochemistry, switched his specialization to history in 1988. Since then, he has researched the history of the Irgun Zeva’i Le’ummi (IZL) and the underground war against the British Mandate in Erez Israel, a subject on which he has published six books, including Little Sarah (2003), the story of the women fighters of the IZL.

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Irgun Zeva'i Le'ummi Women, Athlit Internment Camp, 1948

Irgun Zeva'i Le'ummi (I.Z.L.)

The Irgun Zeva’i Le’ummi was a Jewish underground armed organization formed in 1931 to fight British mandatory forces and Palestinian Arabs and their allies in the effort to form a Jewish state. Women were involved in all parts of the organization, from propaganda production and distribution to combat.