page_title: Platoon of the Wall
hierarchical_section_title: Platoon of the Wall
caption_attribution_description: English: Plugat HaKotel Street in the Old City of Jerusalem. Star of David at the window.
context_page_description: The Platoon of the Wall was a group made up of Betar members in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall in the years 1937- 1938, and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs and accompanied Jewish worshipers to and from the Western Wall. Members were also responsible for the blowing of the shofar at the Western Wall, which was deemed illegal by the British authorities. A street in the Old City of Jerusalem is named in its honor.
  On the evening of October 29, 1937, as a result of Arabs shooting at such a group, one Jew was killed and three wounded.
  On May 15, 2018 the Beit Plugat HaKotel museum was inaugurated at a special ceremony in the Old City of Jerusalem. The building was used as the Plugat HaKotel headquarters. It was later used to house IDF soldiers for special programming and for tour groups, specifically from the Betar youth group of which the original Plugat HaKotel members were members. 97-year-old Yaakov Aharoni, the last original member was in attendance and met with present-day Betar youth.
context_section_description: The Platoon of the Wall (Plugat Hakotel, Hebrew: פלוגת הכותל) was a group made up of Betar members in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall in the years 1937- 1938, and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs and accompanied Jewish worshipers to and from the Western Wall. Members were also responsible for the blowing of the shofar at the Western Wall, which was deemed illegal by the British authorities. A street in the Old City of Jerusalem is named in its honor.
  On the evening of October 29, 1937, as a result of Arabs shooting at such a group, one Jew was killed and three wounded.
  On May 15, 2018 the Beit Plugat HaKotel museum was inaugurated at a special ceremony in the Old City of Jerusalem. The building was used as the Plugat HaKotel headquarters. It was later used to house IDF soldiers for special programming and for tour groups, specifically from the Betar youth group of which the original Plugat HaKotel members were members. 97-year-old Yaakov (Sika) Aharoni, the last original member was in attendance and met with present-day Betar youth.
caption: Plugat HaKotel street in the Old City of Jerusalem near the corner where the Plugat HaKotel museum is located
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