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When planned Arranging , the attack Terrorism had the approval Preventing_or_letting of the Haganah , the principal Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine , though , unbeknownst to the Irgun , this had been cancelled Change_event_time by the time the operation Military_operation was carried out Attack .

The `` Struma '' disaster joined Becoming_a_member that of SS `` Patria '' – sunk Self_motion after Haganah sabotage while laden Bringing with Jewish refugees 15 months earlier – as rallying points for the Irgun and Lehi revisionist Zionist clandestine movements , encouraging their violent revolt Change_of_leadership against the British presence in Palestine .