Zionist organisations in Palestine committed many acts of insurgency in the years 1945-47.

Here are some examples of Jewish Insurgency between 1945-47:

• ❖ October 1945: they blew up the Palestine railway system in 153 places to disrupt British communications.
• ❖ Irgun and Lehi targeted anything British over the next two years. They blew up offices, police stations, bridges, radio stations, airfields and telephone lines. They sabotaged oil pipes. They robbed banks and stole weapons.
• ❖ The deadliest anti-British terrorist act was the bombing of the King David Hotel in 1945.

73 British troops were killed in 1946 alone. In 1946 two Irgun terrorists were sentenced to 28 years imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane. But this led to four British soldiers being kidnapped by Begin the leader of Irgun. Each soldier was beaten with 18 strokes each.