Feinerman, Israel

Son of Esther and Isser. Born on 21.5.1923 in Tel Aviv to a veteran Zionist family, he began his studies at the Montefiore School in Tel Aviv, where he worked as a clerk at the Israel Electric Corporation and continued his studies in the evening. When he joined the Haganah, he joined the Palmach on the eve of World War II. When the war broke out, he volunteered for the British army even though he was under the age of conscription. In the army Israel was a disciplined, obedient soldier and advanced to the rank of corporal. In 1944 he decided with some of his friends to refuse to wear the Palestinian insignia on his hat. Israel and his colleagues saw this as a violation of their national honor and conscience. For this he was sentenced to three months in prison. When he returned with his platoon, he joined the ranks of the Irgun, and while in the British Army he held organizational and propaganda positions for the Irgun. With a good knowledge of the Berne doctrine, he used his vacations to train a group of commanders in the use of this machine gun. Israel would try to get a leave for any action of his organization, or take it to himself and at the end of the action would once again wear his uniform and return to the camp. He participated in the attack on the Lod railway station and in an attack on the Ramat Gan police. In this action, on April 23, 1946, Haifa Israel, in “Bren”, with his attacking friends. At noon, he lay next to the machine gun with his finger pressing the trigger until he was hit in the stomach and killed. He was brought to rest in the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery. The chapters of his life and heroism are published in “Memories of Netzach,” a book of remembrance for fallen soldiers of the Irgun Zvai Leumi.