Rekhesh

Rekhesh (Hebrew: רֶכֶשׁ‎, lit. Acquisitions) was the arms and munitions procurement branch of the Haganah Jewish defense force in Mandatory Palestine, in the middle 1940s, at a time when the British were not allowing the Jews to have arms. ^[1]

Rekhesh stole arms from British and Allied military bases, bought weapons on the black market and imported them from legitimate suppliers.^[2]

The organization was expert at modifying, dismantling, and packing weapons so that they could be smuggled into Palestine without detection by the British authorities.^[2]

Shaul Avigur was head of the organization and Ehud Avriel one of its main operatives.^[3]

Notes

1. Deacon, 1978, p. 39.
2. Adelman, 2008, p. 156.
3. Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence, Jewish Agency for Israel, Accessed 24 May 2009.

References

• Adelman, Jonathan R. (2008). The Rise of Israel: A History of a Revolutionary State. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-77510-6
• Deacon, Richard (1978). The Israeli Secret Service. Taplinger Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8008-4266-6