ABSTRACT
Modern terrorists have tended to minimize the effect of words. Scholars of terrorism have been deeply influenced by the anarchist concept of the propaganda of the deed. In contrast to the plethora of research on the media coverage of terrorism, very few studies have been carried out on terrorist propaganda. Ideological terrorists are widely regarded as being more radical than their nationalist/separatist counterparts. Studies of the propaganda of nationalist and separatist movements draw attention to the widespread tendency amongst academics to politicize terror-ism. This chapter presents the form of an analysis of the contemporary, historical/metahistorical and biographical narratives told to justify Lehi's resort to violence, and the movement's continuing dialogue with the traditional religious discourse. The story of Lehi's struggle against the British presence in Palestine and the historical analogies used to encourage it were incorporated in a broader metahistorical narrative.
