2025-06-22 19:18 <br/> Tags: #people #EarlyZionism #Intel #Yishuv ![[image-24.png]] # Alexander Zaid (1886-1938) - Zaid was an early militant Zionist in Palestine. - Zaid helped to found the [[Bar-Giora]] and the [[Hashomer]], precursor organizations to the [[Haganah]]. - In the early 1900s He met [[Israel Shochat]], the true founder of both the Bar Giora and Hashomer. - Zaid is celebrated in Israel to this day with a monument and memorial. <br/> #### References - Ronen Bergman, _Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations_ (New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2019). - **“Alexander Zaid (1886–1938),”** _Jewish Virtual Library_, [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/alexander-zaid](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/alexander-zaid). - **“Alexander Zaïd,”** _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Za%C3%AFd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Za%C3%AFd).