2025-06-22 20:31 <br/> Tags: #people #Intel #EarlyZionism #Yishuv ![[image-34.png|235x317]] # Eliyahu Golomb (1893-1945) - Golomb was an early militant Zionist and founder of many [[Yishuv]] organizations. - Golomb's defense "Jaffa Group" was close with the [[Hashomer]]. - Golomb was deeply involved in the founding and leadership of the [[Haganah]]. - From 1922-1924 he traveled abroad in Europe purchasing weapons for the Haganah. - Golomb sought to legitimize the Haganah with institutional backing. - To do so he organized the Haganah under the [[Histadrut]], the Zionist socialist workers union led by [[David Ben-Gurion]]. - Golomb saw a Jewish state as viable only through two means in tandem: force and labor. - To this effect the Haganah and Histadrut were a natural alliance. #### References - **“Eliyahu Golomb (1893–1945).”** _Jewish Virtual Library_. Accessed June 22, 2025. [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/eliyahu-golomb](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/eliyahu-golomb). - **“Eliyahu Golomb.”** _Wikipedia_. Last modified **19 December 2024**, 03:49 UTC. Accessed **22 June 2025**. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_Golomb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_Golomb). - **“Eliyahu Golomb Passes Away,”** _Today in Israeli History_, CIE, published June 10, 2025, accessed June 22, 2025, [https://israeled.org/eliyahu-golomb-dies/](https://israeled.org/eliyahu-golomb-dies/).