When the Irgun Decided to Be Judge, Jury and Executioner

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Raynor's Spring Americana Auction Prt 2

By Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions

Mar 1, 2026

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  Broadside, 9-1/2” x 14”, titled “The Judgement of the Tribunal of the National Military Organizatio” in large part, “A. Kadia Mizrahi from Rehovot, a thoroughly corrupt prostitute, a traitor to her people, a servant of the enemy, a professional informant who handed over to the British intelligence Jewish citizens - and even her son - was sentenced after hearing testimonies and receiving evidence that left no doubt about her guilt - to death.The Tribunal twice postponed the execution of the verdict and instructed its emissaries to warn the criminal and give her the opportunity to stop her evil ways. But the criminal did not heed the warnings and continued to hand over young Hebrews to the enemy for the sake of gain.Therefore, the order was granted and the verdict was executed in Rehovot Or on the 15th of Adar 577.In Leon Messiah, a traitor to his people, an informer, who betrayed young Hebrews to the enemy for money, was sentenced to death. Meh-Tikvah on the 29th of Adar.The criminal acknowledged and confessed his guilt, signed a document detailing all the acts of treason, and Levi appealed to the court with a request to be allowed to lose his life, knowing that his disgrace could fall on the head of a man. The court rejected the request, recognizing that the disgrace of the traitorous father would not fall on the head of the son, who would grow up to be a loyal son to his people and country.The verdict was carried out in Petah Tikvah on the 29th of Adar.The Court finds it its duty to announce and warn that, an informer who does not hesitate to hand over Jewish citizens to the enemy for imprisonment, exile, or even death in the British Nazi internment camps, an informer who does not hesitate to bring disaster upon Hebrew families and rob them of their breadwinners and their loved ones: an informer who does not hesitate to serve the cruel enemy of his people and deliver into the hands of those who seek their lives the best of the people, who give all they have for the liberation of the homeland and the redemption of the people: Such an informer, the lowest of the low, his only religion - to death. The enemy will not save him. The hand of justice will overtake him. There will be no hope for informers.”History advise, On a March morning in 1947, residents of Mandatory Palestine – the Land of Israel – awoke to find a new announcement from an “Irgun Tribunal” heralding a double execution carried out by its members. These were frenzied days when the Jewish settlement was battling the British Mandate government and its attempts to prevent Jewish immigration. The Irgun and Lehi underground organizations saw the British as their greatest enemy, and anyone suspected of collaboration, even if that person was a Jew, became a potential enemy in their eyes. The statement released that morning announced the execution of two Jews — Kadia Mizrahi of Rehovot and Leon Mashiach of Petah Tikva — on the charge of informing to the British. These were two more names in a long list, but a thorough examination of the announcement can teach us quite a bit about the phenomenon as a whole.
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