Pillar of Fire, Episode 16: The Struggle
Reference code : VD - 125
Description
Struggle - Episode 16 of series 'Pillar of Fire'.
Active struggle of Yishuv against the British. Jewish Resistance Movement - Night of the Bridges, Haifa railway workshops operation. Trial of 23 Lehi members after the operation. 29/6/1946- Black Sabbath. King David Hotel bombing.
Dissolution of resistance movement. Curfew, arrests, caches search. Combined interviews with Israel Galili, Esther Beckmann, David Hacohen, John Shaw, Nahum Goldmann, Menachem Begin, Adina Chai- Nissan, Israel Levi, Natan Friedman Yellin-Mor, Yigal Alon - Palmach agitation against restraint of Zionist leadership.
Palmach activity in settlement and illegal immigration. Italian government and nation helping illegal immigration. Illegal immigrant ships captured by the British, expulsion to Cyprus. Sabotage at Jerusalem train station (October 1946). Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani. Golda Meir criticism of Etzel activities.
Establishing 11 points in the Negev. Mordechai Raanan - Evaluating joint contribution of all undergrounds. Exodus - Global echo for struggle. Morrison-Grady plan.
The Arab position. Reinstating Etzel and Lehi operations (January 1947), citizens evacuating families to UK. Beit Goldschmidt operation. Hanging, Acre Prison break. London Conference. Continuation of illegal immigration and expulsions.
Transferring matter of Eretz Israel to the United Nations.