Summary
The Haganah’s elite military formation, in whose top ranks Ahdut Ha’avoda members played leading roles (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 4073).
Details
- Ahdut Ha’avoda was infused with a rather aggressive, even militaristic (“activist”) ethos, in sharp contrast to Hashomer Hatza’ir’s historic aversion to violence — a difference the two parties carried into their early 1948 merger into Mapam (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 4073).
- Mapam, formed by that merger, provided a highly disproportionate share of the commanders of the new Israeli army (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 4073).
Related pages
Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, Haganah, Ahdut Ha’avoda, Hashomer Hatza’ir, Mapam