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Palmach|ˈpalmax|
Also ‖ Palmakh.
[Heb. shortening of p⊇luggōṯ maḥaṣ striking force.]
A commando force of the Jewish Haganah, active esp. during the war which preceded the formal establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and incorporated in the Israeli national army in that year.
1945Times 26 Sept. 5/7 The present strength of the Haganah itself is variously estimated at 50,000 to 75,000 men, with first-rate equipment,..and a motorized field force (Palmakh) capable of throwing in a task force of several thousand men at a few hours' notice at any threatened point of the country. 1949Koestler Promise & Fulfilment iii. i. 298 The military cadres of the extreme Left, Palmach, became the best and most ferocious shock troops. 1950H. Levin Jerusalem Embattled 288 Palmach (Heb.), abbreviation for Plugot Machatz. Mobile detachment of the Jewish Defence Organization. 1955S. D. Goitein Jews & Arabs viii. 224 The best boys of the Palmach, the ‘Commandos’ of the Haganah. 1960H. Agar Saving Remnant ix. 219 The Jews began the war with five thousand trained men: the Palmach, or shock companies of the Haganah. 1966New Statesman 7 Oct. 506/2 He [sc. Ben Gurion] risked unpopularity in dissolving the Palmach, the crack commando troops who formed the potential core of a political and military elite. 1968P. Durst Badge of Infamy iii. 27 There are a hundred of my old friends from the Palmach who would jump at the chance. 1971Guardian 21 Oct. 7/5 The Palmach, the underground Jewish commando movement. |