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Fallen Defense and Security Forces of Israel This project is intended to contain the names of Israel's fallen defense and security forces, as recognized by the Ministry of Defense and included in the Ministry's Yizkor book of remembrance. יִזְכֹּר עָם יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת בָּנָיו וּבְנוֹתָיו הַנֶּאֱמָנִים וְהָאַמִּיצִים, חַיָּלֵי צְבָא-הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשׂרָאֵל, וְכָל לוֹחֲמֵי הַמַּחְתָּרוֹת וַחֲטִיב...
Founders, Pioneers & Luminaries* Theodore Herzl בנימין זאב הרצל * Menachem Begin מנחם בגין * David Ben-Gurion דוד בן-גוריון * Hayim Nahman Bialik חיים נחמן ביאליק * Meir Dizengoff מאיר דיזנגוף * A. D. Gordon א.ד. גורדון
The Palmach (Hebrew: פלמ"ח, acronym for Plugot Maḥatz (Hebrew: פלוגות מחץ), "strike force") was the elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palmach was established on 15 May 1941. By the outbreak of the Israeli War of Independence it consisted of over 2,000 men and women in the "regula...