Bevin was infuriated by attacks on British troops carried out by the more extreme of the Jewish militant groups , the Irgun and Lehi , commonly known as the Stern Gang . The Haganah carried out less direct attacks , until the King David Hotel bombing , after which it restricted itself to illegal immigration activities . According to declassified British intelligence files , the Irgun and Lehi plotted to assassinate Bevin himself in 1946
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Ernest Bevin