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Betar

The Betar Movement (), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. It was one of several right-wing youth movements that arose at that time and adopted special salutes and uniforms influenced by fascism.

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Organization.name: Betar/Beitar
Organization.image: Betar.svgclass=skin-invert
Organization.image_size: 150px
Organization.formation: , Riga, Latvia
Organization.type: Jewish youth paramilitary organization
Organization.purpose: Activism and advocacy
Organization.leader_title: General Director
Organization.leader_name: Nerya Meir
Organization.membership: 21,000
Organization.region_served: Worldwide
Organization.named_after: Joseph Trumpeldor and Betar fortress

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Etymology
History
Regional activities
Africa
South Africa
Tunisia
Australia
Europe
Italy
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
United States
Israel
South America
Brazil
Uruguay
Sports
See also
References
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During World War II, Betar was a source of recruits for both Jewish regiments that fought alongside the British and Jewish groups fighting the British in Mandatory Palestine. Betar was traditionally linked to the original Herut and then Likud political parties of Jewish pioneers, and was closely affiliated with the Revisionist Zionist militant group Irgun. Some of Israel's most prominent politicians were members of Betar (Betarim) in their youth, notably Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Menachem Begin.