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Plugat HaKotel street in the Old City of Jerusalem near the corner where the Plugat HaKotel museum is located The Platoon of the Wall ( Plugat Hakotel, Hebrew: פלוגת הכותל) was a group made up of Betar members in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall in the years 1937- 1938, and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs and accompanied Jewish worshipers to and from the Western Wall. Members were also responsible for the blowing of the shofar at the Western Wall, which was deemed illegal by the British authorities. A street in the Old City of Jerusalem is named in its honor.1 On the evening of October 29, 1937, as a result of Arabs shooting at such a group, one Jew was killed and three wounded. On May 15, 2018 the Beit Plugat HaKotel museum was inaugurated at a special ceremony in the Old City of Jerusalem. The building was used as the Plugat HaKotel headquarters. It was later used to house IDF soldiers for special programming and for tour groups, specifically from the Betar youth group of which the original Plugat HaKotel members were members. 97-year-old Yaakov (Sika) Aharoni, the last original member was in attendance and met with present-day Betar youth. "80 שנה לאחר שנסגר ע"י הבריטים, בית פלוגת הכותל נפתח מחדש ברובע היהודי בירושלים - 0404" . 0404 (in Hebrew). 2018-05-16 . "Plugat HaKotel Museum Open to The Public, Memories" . shilohmusings.blogspot.co.il .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Platoon of the Wall ( Plugat Hakotel ) was a Betar force in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs.
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Jewish paramilitary unit in Mandatory Palestine Plugat HaKotel street in the Old City of Jerusalem near the corner where the Plugat HaKotel museum is located The Platoon of the Wall ( Plugat Hakotel, Hebrew: פלוגת הכותל) was a group made up of Betar members in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall in the years 1937-1938, and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs and accompanied Jewish worshipers to and from the Western Wall . Members were also responsible for the blowing of the shofar at the Western Wall, which was deemed illegal by the British authorities. On the evening of October 29, 1937, as a result of Arabs shooting at such a group, one Jew was killed and three wounded.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Jewish paramilitary unit in Mandatory Palestine Plugat HaKotel street in the Old City of Jerusalem near the corner where the Plugat HaKotel museum is located The Platoon of the Wall ( Plugat Hakotel, Hebrew: פלוגת הכותל) was a group made up of Betar members in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall in the years 1937-1938, and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs and accompanied Jewish worshipers to and from the Western Wall . Members were also responsible for the blowing of the shofar at the Western Wall, which was deemed illegal by the British authorities. On the evening of October 29, 1937, as a result of Arabs shooting at such a group, one Jew was killed and three wounded.
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betar force in mandatory palestine that defended the rights of jews at the western wall and guarded the old cit
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group made up of betar members in mandatory palestine that defended the rights of jews at the western wall in t
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