Biography of Avshalom FeinbergAvshalom Feinberg (1889-1917) was a hero of the Jewish NILI resistance movement in Ottoman Palestine. Feinberg was born in Gederah and studied in France. He returned to work with Aaron Aaronsohn at the agronomy research station in Atlit. Soon after the beginning of World War I, Aaronson founded the NILI, underground along with his sister Sarah Aaronsohn, Feinberg and Joseph Lishansky. In 1915 Feinberg traveled to Egypt and made contact with British Naval Intelligence. In 1917, Feinberg again journeyed to Egypt, on foot. He was apparently killed by a Bedouin near the British front in Sinai, close to Rafah. His fate was unknown until the Israeli conquest of Sinai in 1967. A palm tree that had grown up from date seeds in his pocket marked the spot of his grave. Of the leaders of the NILI,, Sarah Aaronsohn was caught and committed suicide after being tortured by the Turks. Aaron Aaronsohn died in a suspicious air accident in 1919 and Feinberg met his fate in Gaza. However, the NILI had been in contact with British forces through clandestine meetings on the Mediterranean shore as well as through information supplied to the British by Aaron Aaronsohn. Perhaps Aaronsohn's most valuable contribution is that he knew the disposition of precious water sources in the Negev. General Allenby, whose attempts to overcome Turkish defenses in Gaza were repulsed repeatedly, used Aaronsohn's information to detour around Gaza and make an unexpected attack on Beersheba, routing the Turkish garrison there and opening the way to Jerusalem. Ami Isseroff More Israeli and Zionist Biographies Notice - This biography is copyright 2005 by Ami Isseroff and Zionism and Israel Information Center. You are welcome to link to it or to copy information in it, provided that you acknowledge the source and link to this original at https://zionism-Israel.com/bio/biography_avshalom_feinberg.htm - Biography of Avshalom Feinberg External Zionism LinksThis site provides resources about Zionism and Israeli history, including links to source documents. We are not responsible for the information content of these sites. These links are NOT intended to be an exhaustive reference about Zionism, but the list will keep growing... Please tell us about your favorite links and we will review them for inclusion. Please do copy these links to your Web site and tell your friends about https://zionism-israel.com Zionism and Israel Information Center Thank you. Please link to us and to our Sister Web sites - http://zionism.netfirms.com Zionism Pages and Zionism and Israel On the Web Wikipedia article about Zionism - A comprehensive article including the history of Zionism as well as links to specific topics and articles about anti-Zionism. Zionism - Table of contents at the Jewish Virtual Library Zionism - Definition and Brief History - A balanced article that covers the definitions and history of Zionism as well as opposition to Zionism and criticisms by Arabs, Jewish anti-Zionists. Labor Zionism - Early History and Critique - Contribution of Labor Zionism to the creation of the Jewish state, and problems of Labor Zionism in a changing reality. The US Library of congress has a comprehensive and balanced set of articles about Zionism: Zionist Precursors - US Library of Congress Political Zionism - US Library of Congress Cultural Zionism - US Library of Congress Labor Zionism - US Library of Congress Revisionist Zionism - US Library of Congress Jewish Agency Zionism pages - Links to basic information about Zionism from the Jewish Agency Ambassador Herzog explains Zionism in the UN Advocacy Israël-Palestina Informatie -gids Israël, Zionisme, Palestijnen en Midden-Oosten conflict... Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a European perspective - Dutch and English.
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