to join in active fighting against the British). To appear before the world as the only active Jewish military organization. To take over Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) by armed force. Lehi believed in its early years that its goals would be achieved by finding a strong international ally that would expel the British from Palestine, in return for Jewish military help; this would require the creation of a broad and organised military force "demonstrating its desire for freedom through military operations." Lehi also referred to themselves as 'terrorists' and may have been one of the last organizations to do so. An article titled "Terror" in the Lehi underground newspaper He Khazit (The Front) argued as follows: Neither Jewish ethics nor Jewish tradition can disqualify terrorism as a means of combat. We are very far from having any moral qualms as far as our national war goes. We have before us the command of the Torah, whose morality surpasses that of any other body of laws in the world: "Ye shall blot them out to the last man." But first and foremost, terrorism is for us a part of the political battle being conducted under the present circumstances, and it has a great part to play: speaking in a clear voice to the whole world, as well as to our wretched brethren outside this land, it proclaims our war against the occupier. We are particularly far from this sort of hesitation in regard to an enemy whose moral perversion is admitted by all. The article described the goals of terror: It demonstrates ... against the true terrorist who hides behind his piles of papers and the laws he has legislated. It is not directed against people, it is directed against representatives. Therefore it is effective. If it also shakes the Yishuv from their complacency, good and well. Yitzhak Shamir, one of the three leaders of Lehi after Avraham Stern's assassination, argued for the legitimacy of Lehi's actions: There are those who say that to kill [T.G.] Martin [a CID sergeant who had recognised Shamir in a lineup] is terrorism, but to attack an army camp is guerrilla warfare and to bomb civilians is professional warfare. But I think it is the same from the moral point of view. Is it better to drop an atomic bomb on a city than to kill a handful of persons? I don't think