Metzudat Ze'ev (, ''lit.'' "Ze'ev's fortress / stronghold") is an

office building An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific du ...

on 38 King George Street in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. It is also known as ''Beit Jabotinsky'' (, ''lit.'' "Jabotinsky's House") or ''HaMetzuda'' (, ''lit.'' "the fortress / stronghold"). The building is known for hosting the main staff of the

Likud Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...

party, for which it is sometimes used as a metonym.

History

Metzudat Ze'ev is one of the oldest towers in Tel Aviv. It is built on the site of the shack that, during the 1930s, served as the headquarters of the

Revisionist Zionism Revisionist Zionism is a form of Zionism characterized by territorial maximalism. Revisionist Zionism promoted expansionism and the establishment of a Jewish majority on both sides of the Jordan River. Developed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in the 1920s ...

movement,

Betar The Betar Movement (), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionism, Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. It was one of several right-wing youth movements tha ...

youth movement, and as the secret meeting place of the

Irgun The Irgun (), officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL (), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of th ...

fighters. In 1936, these movements consolidated a plan for a new building. The building's architect was Mordechai Ben-Horin. Built in a

Brutalist Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the b ...

style, its construction lasted until 1963. Upon completion, at , it was one of the tallest buildings in Tel Aviv. The building is named after the founder of the

movement,

Ze'ev Jabotinsky Ze'ev Jabotinsky (born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky; 17 October 1880 – 3 August 1940) was a Russian-born author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in O ...

, and served as the headquarters of the

Herut Herut () was the major conservative nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. Some of their policies were compared to those of the Nazi party. Early y ...

party headed by

Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'', ; (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Isra ...

,Yonathan Shapiro,
The Road to Power: Herut Party in Israel
' the predecessor of the

party. When it was still a three-floor building, the Betar youth conducted their meetings in the inner courtyard, where a big mural slogan stated: "The Betar Bow has not turned back, and the sword-head of Betar shall not return in vain, Amen!" On the night of the 1977 "

political upheaval In political science, a revolution (, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's class, state, ethnic or religious structures. According to sociologist Jack Goldstone, all revolutions contain "a common set of elemen ...

", when for the first time in Israel's history, the right wing won an election,

delivered his victory speech to an audience of party activists in the Independence Hall of the building. Today, the building houses the Likud party's staff, the

movement, the Herut Women organization, the

Mishkei Herut Beitar Mishkei Herut Beitar () is a Revisionist Zionism, revisionist Zionist Settlement movement (Israel), settlement movement in Israel, affiliated with Betar, Beitar and Likud. It is based in the Metzudat Ze'ev offices on King George Street (Tel Aviv ...

settlement movement, the Jabotinsky Institute in Israel and Jabotinsky Museum, the Irgun Museum and the Partisans and Fighters Museum. The rest is occupied by businesses.

References

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Jabotinsky Institute in Israel
website {{Authority control 1963 establishments in Israel Brutalist architecture in Israel Buildings and structures in Tel Aviv Headquarters of political parties Likud Office buildings completed in 1963 Revisionist Zionism Ze'ev Jabotinsky

History

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