On June 18, 1933, Stavsky was arrested by the British Mandate police as a suspect in the June 16, 1933, murder of Chaim Arlosoroff, a prominent Socialist Zionist leader. He was convicted on June 8, 1934, and sentenced to death. There was controversy regarding the accuracy of the charge and righteousness of the conviction among the Jewish public; an outspoken supporter of Stavsky was the Chief Rabbi of Palestine, Rav Kook. His conviction was overturned on a technicality by the highest British Court of Appeals in Palestine in 1934.[1] The appeal court stated that "had the case been heard in England itself, or in most of the territories of the British Empire, the conviction would rightly have been upheld."[2]
Stavsky went on to work with the Irgun in smuggling thousands of Jews out of Europe during the Holocaust. He died on the beached Altalena in the midst of exploding onboard munitions during heavy machine gun exchange with Haganah forces. Ironically, Stavsky died 50 yards from the very spot where Chaim Arlosoroff was murdered 15 years and 5 days earlier.
^Maoz, Asher (2000). "Historical Adjudication: Courts of Law, Commissions of Inquiry, and "Historical Truth"". Law and History Review. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
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abraham, stavsky, hebrew, אברהם, סטבסקי, january, 1906, june, 1948, activist, member, betar, youth, movement, revisionist, zionist, group, founded, vladimir, jabotinsky, avraham, stavsky, june, 1933, stavsky, arrested, british, mandate, police, suspect, june, . Abraham Stavsky Hebrew אברהם סטבסקי January 5 1906 June 22 1948 was an activist member of Betar the youth movement of a Revisionist Zionist group founded by Vladimir Jabotinsky Avraham Stavsky On June 18 1933 Stavsky was arrested by the British Mandate police as a suspect in the June 16 1933 murder of Chaim Arlosoroff a prominent Socialist Zionist leader He was convicted on June 8 1934 and sentenced to death There was controversy regarding the accuracy of the charge and righteousness of the conviction among the Jewish public an outspoken supporter of Stavsky was the Chief Rabbi of Palestine Rav Kook His conviction was overturned on a technicality by the highest British Court of Appeals in Palestine in 1934 1 The appeal court stated that had the case been heard in England itself or in most of the territories of the British Empire the conviction would rightly have been upheld 2 Stavsky went on to work with the Irgun in smuggling thousands of Jews out of Europe during the Holocaust He died on the beached Altalena in the midst of exploding onboard munitions during heavy machine gun exchange with Haganah forces Ironically Stavsky died 50 yards from the very spot where Chaim Arlosoroff was murdered 15 years and 5 days earlier See also editAssassination of Haim ArlosoroffReferences edit History of Betar The Stavsky Scandal Maoz Asher 2000 Historical Adjudication Courts of Law Commissions of Inquiry and Historical Truth Law and History Review Archived from the original on September 13 2012 Retrieved May 31 2009 nbsp This biographical article related to crime is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abraham Stavsky amp oldid 1216464385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
