10 former terrorists who became politicians (With Pictures)

8. Irgun

Predecessor to Israel’s Herut party and ruling Lekud party, Irgun were active in the period of 1931 to 1948. The group’s principles were based on the revisionist Zionism espoused by Ze’ev Jabotinsky, co-founder of the Jewish Legion of the British Army in WWI. During a raid on an Arab village, Irgun militants killed more than 100 Arabs in fierce door-to-door fighting in an effort to stop the Arab blockade of Jerusalem. However, during the World Zionist Forum in 1948, they also renounced violence and civilian bloodshed as a means of political warfare. The remaining Irgun militants were integrated into the Israeli Defence Force when they dissolved in June, 1948.