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1946 British Embassy bombing

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812:"Yaakov Eliav, capo delle operazioni del Lehi in Europa, rivelerà nelle sue memorie che, all'epoca, l'organizzazzione aveva progettato addirittura da disseminare dei bacilli di colera nelle condotte dell'acquedotto di Londra. I germi dovevano essere prelevati dalle colture dei laboratori dell'Instituto Pasteur, grazie alla complicità dei medici e degli impiegati che simpatizzavano per la causa ebraica. Secondo Eliav i preparativi per mettere in esecuzione questo spaventoso piano furono arrestati unicamente dalla decisione britannica di lasciare la Palestina."(Yaakov Eliav, head of Lehi operations in Europe, was later to reveal in his memoirs that, at this time, the organization had worked on nothing less than a plan to disseminate cholera bacteria in London's waterworks. The germs were to be obtained from cultures in the laboratories of the 559: 551: 595:), Chono Steingarten (Polish) and Girsh Guta (Polish), had established an office of Jewish correspondence in via Sicilia 135, near the Allied Intelligenced offices, and this was chosen to become the central office for Irgun operations in Italy. The British Embassy in Italy was considered by the Irgun to be a centre of operations hindering Jewish migration to Palestine, and thus was singled out as a target. Planning for the operation was completed by early October. Before the war 242: 636:
explosion echoed throughout the entire city and was sufficiently powerful to shatter all the windows of the houses and apartments within a distance of one kilometer. The 350-children school of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart was "badly damaged." The Embassy's residential section was destroyed by the blast which created a gaping hole in the entranceway.
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leaflet bombs were exploded on Friday by Irgun Zvai Leumi (the Jewish terrorist organisation) in Rome, Venice, Bari, Florence and Turin. "The vanguard of the clandestine Jewish army of liberation, with headquarters in Italy, means to destroy the British forces until the Jewish State is restored," the
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The chief of the Italian police declared the following day that no Italian nationals were involved, that the incident bore the hallmarks of similar operations against the British in Palestine, and that those responsible were Jews from Palestine, dismissing rumours alleging that Italian fascists might
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heightened in the United Kingdom. The Italian government rounded up nine suspects, one of whom was shot and killed by the police during an escape attempt. However, the remaining eight suspects were later released from custody. During the early 1950s, Israel lobbied the British to pressure the Italian
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I am paying retainers to two lawyers to defend and care for all those held in connection with the Embassy bombing. I write regular cheques for £25 to £30 with which the prisoners are supplied with blankets and food and what cash they need, but I do not touch parcels. I disbelieve the policy story of
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on 6 November. The Irgun also threatened more coordinated attacks against Britain, and justified its actions by charging that Great Britain was engaged in a "war of extermination" against Jews throughout the world. Soon three refugees were quickly arrested on suspicion, and another two detained on 4
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By November 1945 alone, it was calculated that some 15,000 Jewish refugees had managed to enter Italy over the preceding six months since the termination of hostilities; the country's geographical location was favorable for the traffic of refugees to Palestine. In September 1945, already engaged for
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Eli Tavin, nicknamed Pesach, was appointed head of operations in the diaspora and set up the first logistical base for the group in Italy. Tavin found strong support there among Italian antifascist resistance groups, and, recruiting many members of the Betar organization among the refugees, many of
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The British and Italian governments commenced an extensive investigation and concluded that Irgun operatives from Mandatory Palestine organized the attack. The attack was condemned by the leaders of Jewish agencies superintending their refugees. Italy subsequently enacted strict immigration reform
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Jewish terrorists are planning to carry their underground war into the heart of Britain, according to the diplomatic correspondent of the "Evening News," who says that this was decided on at a secret conference of their "general staff" held in Palestine during the Paris Conference. The time bombs
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sentiments increased in the United Kingdom. Though the Jewish leadership of displacement camps condemned the bombing, the attack had an adverse effect on refugees in Italy. Encouraged by Britain, the Italian government enacted several pieces of legislation, reforming their immigration policy. The
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The distinguished Italian criminal lawyer Giovanni Persico, who was a friend of Jabotinsky's from their days at university, took on the suspects' defence. In November, the British media began to sensationalize the idea that Jewish terrorism was a threat to Britain itself, creating unsubstantiated
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that occurred on 31 October 1946. Two suitcases containing timed explosives were planted near the Embassy's front entrance; the resulting blast injured two people and damaged the building's residential section beyond repair. The Irgun targeted the Embassy because they considered it an obstacle to
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in London, which the Scotland Yard unit investigating Jewish terrorist activities linked to the Embassy bombing, and only desisted from a plan to release a strain of cholera bacteria into London's underground water supply system by news that the British government had decided to leave Palestine.
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in August and September, when he designated the Irgun and Lehi as the possibly planning to assassinate prominent English figures outside the Middle East. MI5 considered Mandatory Palestine a priority within the British Empire and had Defence Security Officers (DSO) stationed within the Mandate,
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encased in suitcases and rigged to a timer on the steps of the Embassy's front entrance in Via XX Settembre. A driver, working for the embassy, noticed the suitcases and entered the rear of the building to report them. A few moments later, at 02:43, the explosives detonated. The report of the
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Jewish terrorist chief known as "Big Brother" says Reuter's correspondent in Rome. This chief claimed recently that the Irgun Zvai Leumi terrorist organisation planned to assassinate Princess Elizabeth. He added that his organisation would attack the centre of London and Buckingham Palace
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urged Britain to pressure Italy not to pursue eight suspected perpetrators of the bombing who resided in Israel. Five of them had been arrested in Rome but had jumped bail and escaped, while three others had never been arrested. On 17 April 1952, the Italian government tried Moshe Deitel
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for his leading part in the bombing. Deitel was found guilty and sentenced to 16 months imprisonment. The seven other suspects were also convicted for taking part in the bombing and received eight-month sentences. The sentences, however, were immediately annulled by amnesties.
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Officers of the special branch of Scotland Yard who have been investigating Jewish terrorist activities are satisfied the man who made the bomb is also under arrest New facts brought to light link it with the bomb incident at the British Embassy in Rome on October 31,
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with British and American assistance. On the 4 November the Irgun plastered streets in many Italian cities with notices proclaiming it was behind the explosion and released to an American journalist a communiqué claiming responsibility and this was duly reported in
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organization, which had recruited militants from among the displaced refugees. Confirming fears of the expansion of Jewish terrorism beyond Mandatory Palestine, the bombing of the Embassy was the first attack against British personnel by the Irgun on European soil.
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in that year, itself a protest against British policy regarding Jewish immigration. Terrorism, the Irgun reasoned, was a winning tactic for it had enabled the Arabs to alter Great Britain's policy on Jewish migration into Palestine. The consequent
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The bombing was the first terrorist operation by the Irgun against British personnel in Europe; it resulted in both a setback for illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine, and a major public relations disaster for the Zionist mainstream.
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suitcases containing explosives deposited on the doorstep of the main entrance, and two cards fixed to a near by wall. These read: "Attenzione-Miny." "Miny" is the Jewish spelling for mine. An Italian would have written
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accounts of other putative terrorist plots and activities. However, the American League for Free Palestine on behalf of Irgun and Irgun itself made the same threats as what the media was reporting. As a consequence,
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On the night of 31 October 1946, Irgun operatives divided into two squads: one daubed a large swastika on the front wall of the British Consulate, and the other planted two explosives, amounting to 40 kilos of
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to enable clandestine Jewish immigration into Palestine, and is said to have singled out the Embassy convinced that it was a center of "anti Jewish intrigue" curbing illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine.
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a fascist who had set up a secret repository of army munitions and explosives after war's end. Furio Biagini states that the material was taken from deposits located in a center administered by UNRRA.
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was being waged in Palestine, with sabotage of communication lines and attacks on British soldiers and mandatory policemen, 99 being killed for the period 1 October through to 18 November. While the
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in Vienna, which at the time was headquarters of the British Army in that area, to name just one. In order not to be outdone by the Irgun, the rival Lehi undertook similar operations against the
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November. The Irgun Zvai Leumi sabotage school was discovered in Rome, where pistols, ammunition, hand grenades, and training literature were found. Four other suspects were caught in
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Z. E. W. Epstein, a Polish Jewish professor, who was arrested in connection with the bombing of the British embassy in Rome, and wno was shot while trying to escape, died last night.
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decided at this time to suspend its role in sabotage operations, the Irgun and the Lehi extended their operations to Europe to strike at British diplomatic representatives.
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requirements. The Irgun bases of operations in Italy were closed down and shifted to other European capitals where operatives continued to strike at British targets: the
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offered an assessment of the threat of Jewish terrorism in Europe and a warning: "the red light is definitely showing". The alert was confirmed by his successor
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which exploded at the British Embassy in Rome early on Thursday morning, causing the front of the building to collapse, constituted the first blow in this war.
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The Irgun Zvai Leumi will attack military objectives from England to Palestine. Jewish military resistance will reach into the heart of the British Empire
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Walton, Calder (2008), "British Intelligence and the Mandate of Palestine: Threats to British National Security Immediately After the Second World War",
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The bomb was of the same type as that used in the explosion at the British Embassy in Rome last year and in several other outrages by Jewish terrorists.
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Police found at the headquarters pistols, ammunition, hand grenades, a German treatise on sabotage, and hand-written messages from the Irgun commander.
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a rope having been smuggled to Epstein in an U.N.R.R.A. parcel, but Epstein probably bribed a guard for the rope, using money I sent through a lawyer.
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The school conducted by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, opposite to the British Embassy here which was badly damaged in the recent bomb outrage
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severely curtailed further Jewish immigration by imposing quotas and ignited a brief military response by the Irgun as well as its later offshoot
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Many were members of Betar. The English authorities requested that those rounded up be handed over, for transfer to British prison camps in
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were also eager to participate, set up cells through the country, while establishing two schools to train commandos for operations at
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managed to humiliate Great Britain and the recourse to terrorism by the Irgun and Lehi were complementary to the activities of the
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According to Italian historian Furio Biagini the entire world cheered at the way such bold feats by members of the Palestinian
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police discovered that the Palestine terrorist organisation, Irgun Zvai Leumi, had established a sabotage school in Rome
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government not to pursue the militants. In 1952, the eight suspects–including ringleader Moishe Deitel–were tried
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in 1948 indicate that the Italian Communist Party was also suspected of being responsible at the time (
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Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949
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L'ebraismo armato. L'"Irgun Zvai Leumi" e gli attentati antibritannici in Italia (1946-1948)
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Per ricostruire e ricostruirsi. Astorre Mayer e la rinascita ebraica tra Italia e Israele
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were behind the attack and under pressure from Great Britain, the Italian police,
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La Question de Palestine, tome 2: Une mission sacrée de civilisation (1922-1947)
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the bomb outrage at the British Embassy in Rome was the first blow of this war.
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Fascisti senza Mussolini: le origini del neofascismo in Italia, 1943-1948
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government set a registry deadline for 31 March 1947 and imposed strict
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the explosives used for the attempt via the offices of its co-founder
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have been responsible. An investigation was conducted by the
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and received light sentences ranging from 8 to 16 months.
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The Stern Gang: Ideology, Politics and Terror, 1940-1949
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Attacks on diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
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in effecting the British withdrawal from Palestine.
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The Impact of the Jewish Underground on Anglo Jewry
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British Mandatory authorities and army in Palestine
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The Irgun also played a key role in organizing 448:The British government anticipated the threat of 2488: 2187: 2159:"Police Say Woman Bomb "Planter" Now in Custody" 1297: 2144:(in Italian), RomaTrE-Press, pp. 147–180, 1934:"Jews Arrested for Bombing Of British Embassy" 554:Remains of the British Embassy in Rome in 1946 2372:(in Italian), Franco Angeli, pp. 75–88, 579:the latter of whom, residing in camps run by 283: 47: 2055: 1903: 1444: 938: 890: 2138:"Neofascismo italiano e questione razziale" 795:the archives of the Italian police and the 621:the post-war neofascist terrorist group FAR 1696:"Europe-Wide Search for Man Who Made Bomb" 397:was a terrorist action perpetrated by the 290: 276: 54: 40: 2030: 1961: 1694: 1525: 1228: 953: 854: 526:(CID) as well as MI5's sister agency the 478:Arab recourse to insurrectionary violence 27:Terrorist attack by Zionist militia Irgun 2522:Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 2276: 2157: 2113: 1991: 1807:"Italians and British Envoy in Charge", 1510: 1471: 1192: 1033: 557: 549: 460:. The Irgun had been founded before the 301:Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 175:Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 65:Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 2502:Attacks on diplomatic missions in Italy 2363: 2305: 2278:"TERRORISM EXTENDS - Defiant Interview" 2135: 2126: 2004: 1759: 1627: 1552: 1498: 1405: 1390: 1378: 1273: 1243: 1175: 1163: 1151: 1139: 1124: 1081: 1057: 1045: 1018: 1006: 926: 902: 866: 842: 817: 14: 2489: 2415: 2385: 1732: 1723: 1540: 1216: 994: 977: 965: 914: 878: 603:movement had obtained permission from 2249:"Rome School Damaged in Bomb Outrage" 2114:Pannullo, Antonio (31 October 2016). 2086: 1963:"Jews Behind Rome Plot, Police Think" 1583: 1486: 1417: 1285: 1105: 800: 271: 232:Timed explosives encased in suitcases 35: 2217: 1819:"Jew Terrorism. War Against Britain" 1728:(in Italian), Biella: Storia Ribelle 1600: 1339: 1093: 1069: 684:American League for a Free Palestine 2450:Newsreel at the time of the bombing 2229: 2142:Le leggi razziali: Passato/Presente 1998:Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 1992:Kokkonen, Susanna (25 April 2008). 1877: 779: 766: 422:rounded up numerous members of the 24: 2389:Intelligence and National Security 727:Five years following the bombing, 524:criminal investigation departments 25: 2543: 2443: 2231:"Responsibility for Bomb Outrage" 2066:Historical Dictionary of Zionism 1771:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 402:illegal Jewish immigration into 240: 2336:"Terrorists had H.Q. in Rome -" 2239:. 5 November 1946b – via 2189:"Princess Elizabeth Threatened" 806: 785: 772: 759: 562:British Embassy in Rome in 2011 476:in 1936, a turn related to the 1568:Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1952 1352:Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1947 690:, the suspects were released. 472:. It became the armed wing of 13: 1: 607:to have militants train at a 443: 2368:, in Paganoni, Marco (ed.), 2221:(in Italian), vol. 50, 827: 643: 168:1946 British Embassy bombing 7: 2527:Terrorist incidents in 1946 2473:41.90900797°N 12.50128161°E 2420:, in Grant, Matthew (ed.), 740: 617:Italian fascist authorities 532:bombed the King David Hotel 528:Secret Intelligence Service 470:havlagah, or self-restraint 464:out of discontent with the 10: 2548: 2532:Zionist political violence 2512:Building bombings in Italy 2136:Parlato, Giuseppe (2015), 2127:Parlato, Giuseppe (2006), 1634:Nuova Storia Contemporanea 1576: 615:under the auspices of the 545: 536:low intensity guerilla war 2402:10.1080/02684520802293049 1792:Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1650:Jewish Telegraphic Agency 720:and the diplomacy of the 309: 251: 236: 228: 216: 202: 194: 180: 173:Part of spillover of the 172: 167: 73: 18:Israel Epstein (criminal) 2478:41.90900797; 12.50128161 2366:"L'Italia e l'Aliyà Bet" 1724:Gremmo, Roberto (2009), 939:Medoff & Waxman 2013 891:Medoff & Waxman 2013 752: 493:under the leadership of 456:in the aftermath of the 334:King David Hotel bombing 98:King David Hotel bombing 2416:Walton, Calder (2011), 2364:Toscano, Mario (2010), 2131:(in Italian), Il Mulino 1628:Biagini, Furio (2004), 1205:The Southern Cross 1946 491:an insurrection in 1944 155:Infobox civilian attack 148: 2031:Liebreich, F. 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Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
The Hunting Season
Birya affair
Night of the Bridges
Operation Agatha
King David Hotel bombing
Operation Shark
Rome Embassy bombing
Night of the Trains
Night of the Beatings
Martial law period
Acre Prison break
The Sergeants affair
Operation Hametz
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Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
Porta Pia
Rome
British Embassy
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