By any reasonable definition, the Irgun was a terrorist group. I see nothing wrong with him ratting out terrorists.
Lotsa people informed on Begin 1945-47. I'm not surprised that Kolleck was one.
The first widely known acts of the Sons took place on August 14, 1765, when an effigy of Andrew Oliver (who was to be commissioned Distributor of Stamps for Massachusetts) was found hanging in a tree on Newbury street, ... The sheriffs were told to remove the display but protested in fear of their lives, for a large crowd had formed at the scene. Before the evening a mob burned Oliver's property on Kilby street, then moved on to his house. There they beheaded the effigy and stoned the house as its occupants looked out in horror. ... then under cover of darkness, ransacked Oliver's abandoned home until midnight. On that evening it became very clear who ruled Boston. The British Militia, the Sheriffs and Justices, kept a low profile. No one dared respond to such violent force.By the end of that year the Sons of Liberty existed in every colony. Their most popular objective was to force Stamp Distributors throughout the colonies to resign. The groups also applied pressure to any Merchants who did not comply with the non-importation associations. Wherever these groups existed they were either directed in secret by leading men in the community or actually lead by them. ...
... Nearly every newspaper in the colonies carried daily reports of the activities of the Sons. Accounts of the most dramatic escapades spread throughout the colonies.
In the early months of 1766 there was such chaos that many of the royal governors had gone into hiding.
The Irgun Zvi Leumi/Etzel, the National Military Organization, was no more a terrorist group than the Hagganah. The only difference is that it was run by Revisionist Zionists instead of Socialist Zionists.
Agreed. On page 74 of the work "Israel's Secret Wars," the author Benny Morris points out that Kolleck began helping the British after Ingrun began blowing away British civillians such as Lord Moyne. Sorry, these were terrorists who deserved to be ratted out.
Anyone who sticks it to the British empire is OK in my book, as long as they weren't doing it on behalf of the Nazis or Russians.
"Stern" gang
Not only a terrorist group but also working for the Nazis.
Britain's Small Wars
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Palestine/index.htm
By any reasonable definition, the Irgun was a terrorist group. I see nothing wrong with him ratting out terrorists."
By your definition, the french underground was a terrorist group and should have all been ratted out.