Born on in Odessa, Russia, Jabotinsky served as a correspondent for several Russian newspapers. He continued to write throughout his life , and translated into Hebrew some of the best-known classics of world literature. Following
the Kishinev Pogrom (1903), he organized selfdefense units and fighting
for Jewish minority rights in Russia. In 1914 he worked as a war correspondent
and helped establish the Jewish Legion. He led the Haganah in Jerusalem
against Arab riots in 1920 and was sentenced by the British Mandatory
Government to 15 years hard labor, but received amnesty. He was a member
of the Zionist Executive, and a founders of "Keren Hayesod."
In 1925,he established the Union of Zionists-Revisionists (Hatzohar) which
called for the establishment of a Jewish State. In 1923, he headed the
Betar youth movement. |