Even before the abovementioned words were uttered by Ben Gurion, and before the establishment of Israel: terrorism, assassination and propaganda were the primary tools of the Jewish immigrants arriving from Europe and Russia. Ironically, many of them were fleeing persecution but upon their arrival they began to persecute another innocent nation! These Jewish (Zionist) terrorists organised themselves into groups and one of the earliest one was called the "Haganah"; its members included the likes of Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan. From "Haganah", the "Irgun" gang was formed by the more fanatical right-wing members; the group was later led by Menachem Begin. However, the "Irgun" gang also split in 1940; their off-shoot was called the "Lehi" also known by the British as the "Stern Gang", named after its leader Avraham Stern. CONTINUE...