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Lehi was the acronym for Lohamei Herut Israel, an armed underground organization in Palestine founded by Avraham “Yair” Stern (also referred to as the Stern Gang). In June 1940, Stern broke away from the Irgun Zeva’i Le’ummi (Etzel). The split was due to disagreement on three main issues: (a) Stern’s demand that the military struggle against the British government be continued irrespective of the war against Nazi Germany; (b) opposition to enlistment in the British army, which Jabotinsky supported; and (c) willingness to collaborate, as a tactical measure, with anyone who supported the struggle against the British in Palestine.

 

The group initially called itself Irgun Zeva’i Le’ummi B’Yisrael before adopting the name Lohamei Herut Israel (Lehi) – Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (FFI). Lehi rejected the authority of the Yishuv’s elected institutions and the worldwide Zionist movement and organized in small underground cells.

 

In 1933, Stern wrote the poem “Anonymous Soldiers,” which became the anthem first of the Irgun and, later, of Lehi.

 

Lehi’s goals were maximalist: conquest and liberation of Eretz Israel; war against the British Empire; complete withdrawal of Britain from Palestine; and establishment of a “Hebrew kingdom from the Euphrates to the Nile.”

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/lo-x1e25-amei-x1e24-erut-israel