members of Lehi A number of Lehi's members went on to play important roles in Israel's public life. Shaltiel Ben-Yair, explosives expert, organised together with Amos Kenan the assassination attempt against the Transportation Minister in 1952 Eliyahu Bet-Zuri, executed in 1945 for his part in the assassination of Lord Moyne Geula Cohen, member of the Knesset Israel Eldad, leader in the Israeli national camp Boaz Evron, left-wing journalist Maxim Ghilan, Israeli journalist, author and peace activist Eliyahu Giladi, killed in 1943 by his Lehi comrades for arguing in favour of committing acts considered too extreme even by them Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist Eliyahu Hakim, executed in 1945 for assassinating Lord Moyne Amos Kenan, writer Baruch Korff, Orthodox rabbi Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli prime minister 1983–1984 and 1986–1992 Avraham Stern, leader and ideologist Shimon Tzabar, Yiddish-language playwright Natan Yellin-Mor, member of the Knesset 1949–1951, leftist advocate of peace with Arabs. See also List of Lehi operations List of Lehi members Jewish insurgency in Palestine Roy Farran, letter bomb incident References Works cited Amichal Yevin, Ada (1986). In purple: the life of Yair-Abraham Stern. Tel Aviv: Hadar Publishing House. Bell, J. Bowyer (1977). Terror Out of Zion: Irgun Zvai Leumi, Lehi, and the Palestine Underground, 1929–1949. Avon. Ben-Yehuda, Nachman (1998). "Political Violence: Political Assassinations as a Quest for Justice." In Robert R. Friedmann (Ed.). Crime and Criminal Justice in Israel: Assessing The Knowledge base Toward The Twenty-first Century (pp. 139–184). SUNY Press. . Golan, Zev (2003). Free Jerusalem: Heroes, Heroines and Rogues Who Created the State of Israel. Devora. Golan, Zev (2011). Stern: The Man and His Gang. Yair. Heller, J. (1995). The Stern Gang. Frank Cass. Hyams, Edward (1975) Terrorists and Terrorism Iviansky, Z. (1986) "Lechi's Share in the Struggle for Israel's Liberation," in: Ely Tavin and Yonah Alexander (Ed.).Terrorists or Freedom Fighters, Fairfax, Va.: HERO Books. Katz, E. (1987). "LECHI: Fighters for the freedom of Israel", Tel Aviv: Yair Publishers Lustick, Ian S. (1994). "Terrorism in the Arab–Israeli Conflict: Targets and Audiences." In Crenshaw, Martha (ed). Terrorism in Context (pp. 514–552). University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. Marton, K. (1994). A Death in Jerusalem. Pantheon. — Bernadotte assassination External links British wanted poster from 1940s National liberation movements Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist Terrorism in Mandatory Palestine Defunct organizations designated as terrorist Zionist terrorism Defunct Jewish organizations Mandatory Palestine in World War II Paramilitary organizations