Thread by @muhammadshehad2

🧵#Israeli public streets & monuments named after convicted terrorists who are now deemed "National Heroes & Martyrs."

The Mordechai Alkahi street in #Jerusalem: named in honor of a member of the terrorist Irgun militia who was sentenced to death by the British.

2\ Shlomo Ben-Yosef street in #Jerusalem - Israel: named after a convicted terrorist member of the Irgun who attacked a bus full of civilians & was sentenced to death.

#Israel erected a monument honoring his bravery in Safed with the line "To die or conquer the mountain."

3\ Yehiel Dresner street in Tel-Aviv: named after a convicted terrorist member of the Irgun militia who took part in attacking the Lydda railway station, where 4 Palestinian civilians & 2 British security personnel were killed & several buildings were blown up.

4\ Meir Feinstein Street in Tel-Aviv: named after a convicted terrorist member of the Irgun militia.

In 1946, Feinstein was part of a group that tried to blow up the Jerusalem railway station with three suitcases filled with explosives.

5\ Dov Gruner Street in Jerusalem: named after a convicted terrorist of the Irgun militia.

In 1946, Gruner took part in an Irgun armed raid against a Ramat Gan police station were a Palestinian was killed.

#Israel renamed the plaza in front of the Police station after him.

6\ Avshalom Haviv Street in Tel-Aviv: named after a convicted terrorist of the Irgun militia.

Haviv took part in an armed attack on a British officer's club & in the Acre Prison break where the Irgun tried to free Zionist terrorist prisoners.

#Israel issued stamps in his honor.

7\ Eliezer Kashani Street in #Jerusalem: named after a convicted member of the terrorist Irgun militia.

In 1946, Kashani took part in "the Night of the Beatings" where several British soldiers were kidnapped & flogged.

#Israel also issued post stamps honoring him.

8\ Meir Nakar Street in Jerusalem: named after a convicted terrorist member of the Irgun militia.

In 1947, Nakar took part in the Acre Prison break; an Irgun raid to free imprisoned fellow members. Nakar laid mines on nearby roads.

Israel issued post stamps honoring him.

9\ Yaakov Weiss Street in Jerusalem: named after a convicted member of the terrorist Irgun militia.

In 1947, Weiss took part in the Acre Prison break; an Irgun raid to free fellow members. He was part of the squad laying mines on the road.

#Israel issued stamps honoring him.

10\ #Israel's Olei Hagardom monument in Ramat Gan commemorates 12 members of the Irgun & Lehi militias who were sentenced to death by the British.

The Irgun was deemed a terrorist org by the UN, UK, US, the 1946 Zionist Congress & the Jewish Agency

Similar examples are MANY!