Mossad Le Aliyah Bet
The Mossad LeAliyah Bet (Hebrew: 'המוסד לעלייה ב, lit. Institution for Immigration B) was a branch of the Haganah in the British Mandate of Palestine that operated to facilitate illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine in violation of governmental British restrictions. It operated from 1938 until the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. The Yishuv referred to legal immigration as "Aliyah Alef" (Alef is also the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the Latin A), whilst illegal immigration was referred to as "Aliyah Bet" (Bet is the second letter, corresponding to the Latin B.
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