2025-07-27 22:13 <br/> Tags: #organization #AmericanJewry #Network #Lobby # Hebrew Committee for National Liberation (HCNL) - The HCNL was an [[Irgun and Lehi Zionist Paramilitary Organizations|Irgun]] front organization operating in the United States from 1944-48. - The group was formed in 1944 by [[Hillel Kook]] for the purpose of legitimizing Jewish "Hebrew" people as a nation within international affairs. - The group operated in Washington DC attempting to serve as a de facto "Hebrew Embassy." - The group lobbied against British immigration laws in Palestine. They called for the opening of Palestine to European Jewish refugees. #### References - Grodzinsky, Yosef. _In the Shadow of the Holocaust: The Struggle between Jews and Zionists in the Aftermath of World War II._ Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2004. - Medoff, Rafael, and David S. Wyman. _A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust._ New York: The New Press, 2002. - Wikipedia. “Hillel Kook.” Last modified August 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_Kook