Herut
![Herut MK:s Uri Zvi Greenberg, Esther Raziel Naor and Menachem Begin, at the first meeting of the Knesset in Jerusalem](/Images/godic/202501/18/Herut_First_Knesset1359.jpg")
![Menachem Begin addressing a mass demonstration against negotiations with Germany in Tel Aviv 1952](/Images/godic/202501/18/Begin_at_Mass1359.jpg")
![Monument in memory of the 8 members of Irgun and the 2 members of Lehi hanged by British authorities between 1938 and 1947. Under Ben-Gurion, public commemoration of fallen Irgun and Lehi militants was strictly refused. Under Levi Eskhol however, they began to be rehabilitated, indicating a more equal status for Revisionism and Herut.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Hagardom1359.jpg")
![In the 1977 elections, Herut – now as a part of the Likud – finally reached power and Menachem Begin rose to Prime Minister](/Images/godic/202501/18/Menachem_Begin_19781359.jpg")
Herut (Hebrew:חרות, Freedom) was the major right-wing nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism and was initially known in part for its militia actions; it became more moderate from 1951.