Vladimir Jabotinsky, the late Revisionist leader, has been awarded a new Haganah decoration, decided upon for veteran Haganah members by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, which will be distributed next week in Jerusalem Stadium.
Prof. Eri Jabotinsky of Haifa Technion, son of the late leader, was invited by the Defense Ministry to receive his father’s decoration. Jabotinsky, one of the defenders of Jerusalem in the 1921 disturbances, was arrested later by the British as a Haganah leader. Some 30, 000 veterans will receive the new decoration, a four-color ribbon.
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