Leader of the Zionist Jewish paramilitary forces in Mandatory Palestine medal

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Shipping from Europe with tracking number /68mm,Gold plated bronze by Elisha ,Israel
Eliyahou Golomb ( March 2 , 1893 - June 11 , 1945) was a leader of the Zionist Jewish paramilitary forces in Mandatory Palestine . He was part of the founding group of the Haganah in 1920 and held civilian control until his death.
Golomb was born Vawkavysk , Russian Empire (today, Belarus ). He made his aliyah in Eretz-Israel , then under the administration of the Ottoman Empire , in 1909. At first he participated in the training of agricultural courses and worked in Kibbutz Degania Alef. At the start of World War I in 1914, he opposed the enlistment of Jews as officers in the Ottoman army and instead insisted on the creation of an independent Jewish defense force. In 1918 he became one of the founders of the Jewish Legion in the corps of Royal Fusiliersof the British Army with the hope of forming the base of a permanent Jewish militia. After his demobilization, he became a member of the Haganah Organizing Committee in 1920 and actively participated in sending aid to the defenders of the northern Tel Hai outpost .
Golomb opposes the idea that defense should depend on a small elite and instead insists that it rests with the Jewish population in general. In 1922 he was sent abroad to buy weapons for the Haganah and until 1924 he organized young pioneers in Europe . During the Arab uprisings from 1936 to 1939 , Golomb was one of the initiators of the Fosh , ground units confronted with Arab aggressors.
Despite the support of the enlistment of Jews in the British Army during WWII and of Jewish agents in Nazi-occupied Europe, Golomb never forgets the need to defeat Eretz's British Mandate power. -Israel. He became one of the founders of the Palmah , the Haganah command squad and the Israel Defense Forces base, training many of its future commanders.
He died in 1945 at the age of 52. His son David was then a member of the Knesset.