Israeli postal authorities disclosed plans today to issue a special series of stamps to commemorate the pre-state underground fighters, mainly of the Irgun and the Stern groups, who were executed by the British mandatory regime. The stamps will be issued on the 20th anniversary of Israeli statehood next year. This is also the 20th anniversary of the hanging of eight Irgun members.
A special pilgrimage will be held to the graves of the eight members in the Safad cemetery. Visits also will be made to the execution room in Acre prison where most of the sentences were carried out.
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