Conductor politician

Founder of both Herut and Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel

Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah

roclaimed a revolt on February 1, 1944 against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency

As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine, with a notable attack being the King David Hotel bombing

Later, the Irgun fought the Arabs during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and, as its chief, he was described by the British government as the "leader of the notorious terrorist organisation"

That title declined him an entry visa to the United Kingdom between 1953 and 1955, however, his overtures of friendship eventually paid off and he was granted a visa in 1972, five years prior to becoming prime minister