Editing Haganah (section)

==== "The Saison" post-assassination of Lord Moyne ====
In 1944, after the assassination of [[Lord Moyne]] (the British Minister of State for the Middle East) by members of the [[Lehi (group)|Lehi]], the Haganah worked with the British to kidnap, interrogate, and, in some cases, deport Irgun members. This action, which lasted from November 1944 to February 1945, was called the ''[[The Hunting Season|Saison]]'', or the Hunting Season, and was directed against the Irgun and not the Lehi.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} Future [[Jerusalem]] mayor [[Teddy Kollek]] was later revealed to be a [[Jewish Agency]] liaison officer working with the British authorities who had passed on information that led to the arrest of many Irgun activists.<ref>Andrew, Christopher (2009) ''The Defence of the Realm. The Authorized History of MI5.'' Allen Lane. {{ISBN|978-0-7139-9885-6}}. pp. 355, 356.</ref>

Many Jewish youth, who had joined the Haganah in order to defend the Jewish people, were greatly demoralized by operations against their own people.<ref name=Bell>Bell, Bowyer J.: ''Terror out of Zion''</ref> The Irgun, paralyzed by the Saison, were ordered by their commander, [[Menachem Begin]], not to retaliate in an effort to avoid a full blown civil war. Although many Irgunists objected to these orders, they obeyed Begin and refrained from fighting back. The Saison eventually ended due to perceived British betrayal of the Yishuv becoming more obvious to the public and increased opposition from Haganah members.<ref name=Bell/>