Alei Barikadot ("Raise The Barricades") - Song of The Irgun

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Historical Backround:
The Etzel ("National Military Organization"), better known in English as The Irgun ("The Organization") was a right-wing paramiliatry organization which existed rom 1931 up until Israel's formation in 1948
It was influenced by the National-Liberal views of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and was characterized by extreme antagonoism towards British colonial leadership.


Being significantly smaller than he Socialist Haganah, and recieving little to no support from mainstream Yishuv leadership, the Irgun adopted a more violent approach.
Unlike the Haganah, the Irgun believed in retaliatory attacks following attacks by Arabs, and as a result has been responsible for the deaths of many civllians.

Following the highly controversial King David Hotel bombing, targeting the British Military Headquarters in Jerusalem, the Irgun has lost much of the sympathy it previously recieved from Yishuv leadership, and was widely branded a terrorist organization even by other Jewish groups

Menachem Begin, the former head of the Irgun, became prime minister of Israel in 1977.
His prime-ministership is noted for the liberalization of Israel's society and economy as well as the peace treaty with Egypt (following an Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula) .

Today the Irgun remains highly controversial, with some viewing it as a terrorist organization akin to the ones Israel is facing today, and some viewing it as a neccesary force that helped repel the British Empire from the Land of Israel

This song is based on a Yiddish Partisan song, and was re-written in Hebrew in 1946 by Irgun Member Michael Ashbel, who dedicated the song to his partner and fellow Irgun member Sarah Livni.
Ashbel died in 1947 during the break-in to the central British prison camp in Acre.