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Yaakov Heruti

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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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