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Yaakov Heruti ( Hebrew : יעקב חרותי ; 15 January 1927 – 28 July 2022) was an Israeli lawyer, far-right activist and Zionist militant. He was a member of the pre-state militant group Lehi , during which he built bombs for the organization and in particular, assembled the letter bomb which was sent to Roy Farran while stationed in Britain as an undercover agent. He later became the leader of the group Kingdom of Israel , which bombed the Soviet embassy in Tel Aviv and carried out other acts of terrorism in the 1950s, for which he served a two-year prison term. He later became involved in politics and settlement activity, participating in the founding of two right-wing political parties and assisting settlers in purchasing land. ברוך דיין האמת: נפטר לוחם לח"י יעקב חרותי (in Hebrew) Melman, Yossi (13 January 2005).
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Heruti in 2005 Yaakov Heruti ( , 1927-) is an Israeli lawyer and right-wing activist. He was a member of the pre-state militant group Lehi and the leader of the group Kingdom of Israel , which bombed the Soviet embassy in Tel Aviv and carried out other acts of political violence in the 1950s. As a Lehi member, Heruti was stationed in Britain and assembled the letter bomb that was sent to Roy Farran .
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Heruti in 2012 Yaakov Heruti ( , born 1927) is an Israeli lawyer and right-wing activist.He was a member of the pre-state militant group Lehi , during which he built bombs for the organization and in particular, assembled the letter bomb that was sent to Roy Farran while stationed in Britain as an undercover agent.He later became the leader of the group Kingdom of Israel , which bombed the Soviet embassy in Tel Aviv and carried out other acts of political violence in the 1950s, for which he served a two-year prison term.He later became involved in politics and settlement activity, participating in the founding of two right-wing political parties and assisting settlers in purchasing land.
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Lehi militant and bomb maker (1927–2022) Yaakov Heruti ( ; 15 January 1927 – 28 July 2022) was an Israeli lawyer, right wing activist and Zionist militiant. He was a member of the pre-state militant group Lehi , during which he built bombs for the organization and in particular, assembled the letter bomb that was sent to Roy Farran while stationed in Britain as an undercover agent. He later became the leader of the group Kingdom of Israel , which bombed the Soviet embassy in Tel Aviv and carried out other acts of terrorism in the 1950s, for which he served a two-year prison term. He later became involved in politics and settlement activity, participating in the founding of two right-wing political parties and assisting settlers in purchasing land. ברוך דיין האמת: נפטר לוחם לח"י יעקב חרותי (in Hebrew) Melman, Yossi (13 January 2005).
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israeli lawyer and right-wing activist
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