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1928

1928

1928

February 10-11: Organization of Revisionist Workers founded in Nahalat Yehuda. Among participants: Dr. Abba Ahimeir, Uri Zvi Greenberg (AZ"G), Dr. Yehoshua Heschel Yeivin, all resigning from "Hapoel Hatzair".

1938

1938

1938

February 4: Yehezkel Altman (Ben Hur), Etzel Member, sentenced to death for firing on Arab truck, responding to harassment of Jewish transportation on Jerusalem Road. Sentence reduced to life imprisonment.

1940

1940

1940

February 13: The Sakarya, illegal immigrant ship, reaches Haifa with 2400 immigrants. Eri Jabotinsky in command, son of Zeev and Joanna Jabotinsky.

1942

1942

1942

February 12: Avraham Stern (Yair), Lehi founder, killed by British police, while hiding at Mizrahi Bet Street (today Stern Street), Tel Aviv, now Lehi Museum, Museums Unit, Ministry of Defense.

1942 (1)

1942

1942

February 24: The Struma, illegal immigrant ship, sunk by Soviet watercraft, in Black Sea, 765 passengers, one survivor. Ship towed to sea by Turkish tugboat earlier, suffering mechanical difficulties.

1944

1944

1944

February 1: Etzel under Menachem Begin's command declares revolt against British government rule. Etzel demands role be transferred to Provisional Jewish Government.

1945

1945

1945

February 27: Eli Tavin, Etzel Intelligence Commander, kidnapped and tortured by Hagana, during 'The Hunting Season'. Served as Jabotinsky Institute Executive Director, 1984 – 1994.

1947

1947

1947

February 5: Dedication Ceremony for Nahalat Jabotinsky settlement. First founded in 1939 by Betar members as Tel Tzur. Eventually merged with Binyamina settlement.

1969

1969

1969

February 26: Levi Eshkol, Third Prime Minister, dies. Among Mapai and Labor leaders. In 1964, instructed reburial of Zeev Jabotinsky in Israel, according to Jabotinsky's will.