Yehuda Lapidot

Yehuda Lapidot (; August 13, 1928 – August 11, 2026) was an Israeli historian and academic who was a professor of biochemistry, as well as a veteran of the Zionist militia Irgun.

Irgun years Yehuda Lapidot was born in Mandatory Palestine on August 13, 1928. As a member of the Yishuv, Lapidot's land of birth was known to him as Eretz Yisrael. At age 15, he joined Irgun, taking the nom de guerre "Nimrod" and soon became active in the Irgun's Combat Corps (Hayil Kravi) in Ramat Gan, being responsible for maintaining weapon arsenals there and in Bnei Brak.

During the Jewish insurgency in Palestine, also known as the Revolt, he took part in anti-British operations. On 2 April 1946, he participated in a major operation to sabotage the railway network in southern Palestine, and was severely wounded in the arm. during which he led a unit that was part of the final Israeli attempt to capture Jerusalem's Old City during the war. His force successfully broke through the New Gate and into the Old City, while other Israeli forces failed to reach their objectives, and Israeli commander David Shaltiel ordered a general retreat shortly before an imminent pre-agreed cease-fire came into effect.

In 1988, he retired from the Hebrew University and began researching the history of the British Palestine Mandate era, especially the history of the Jewish insurgency against British rule.

Published books In the 1990s, Lapidot wrote four books on the history of the Irgun and the Revolt: Upon Thy Walls, Ministry of Defence, 1992 The Hunting Season, Jabotinsky Institute, 1994 The Flames of Revolt, Ministry of Defence, 1996 Chapters in the History of the Irgun, Jabotinsky Institute, 1999