Closing a Circle in Samaria: Righteous Convert Who Fought in the Irgun to Be Commemorated in Sha-Nur
Hundreds attended the state memorial service for Irgun fighter, the righteous convert Baruch Mizrahi HY"D, who was executed while on a daring operation near Sha-Nur in northern Samaria during the War of Independence. Head of…
Assessment
A state memorial for Etzel fighter Baruch Mizrachi, executed during a daring operation near Sha-Nur in northern Samaria during the War of Independence, drew hundreds of participants. The event marks a symbolic return to a location from which settlers were evacuated in 2005, as the Samaria Council head pledged to establish an educational project there in Mizrachi's memory. The ceremony blends commemoration of a pre-state fighter with contemporary settlement activism, signaling an effort to reassert presence and narrative at a contested site.