the two organizations and in 1937 returned to the Haganah in order to take up a senior position. However, approximately only half of the 3,000 fighters of the Irgun followed Tehomi back into the Haganah. The other half retained the Irgun as a separate fighting organization, engaging in conflict with both British and Arabs in Palestine. When the Haganah failed to fulfill its obligations under the amalgamation agreement, Tehomi resigned, and from then on allegedly engaged in independent illegal immigration activities and intelligence work. Several years later he retired from all activity. Later life In 1945, Tehomi immigrated to the United States with his wife, where they entered the international trade in precious stones. He remained there until 1968, when he returned to Israel and established a gem-polishing plant in Jerusalem. In the final years of his life, he lived in Hong Kong, where he died in 1990. References External links http://www.etzel.org.il/english/people/tehomi.htm Irgun bio page on Avaraham Tehomi 1903 births 1990 deaths Haganah members Irgun members Israeli assassins Nationalist assassins Odesa Jews People of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine emigrants to the United States People from Kherson Governorate