Zionist Resistance Front

The Zionist Resistance Front (ZRF; Hebrew: חזית ההתנגדות הציונית; Arabic: جبهة المقاومة الصهيونية) is a unified umbrella command formed in 1970 of Jewish resistance groups originating from the collapsing Israel Defence Forces following the occupation of Israel by the All-Palestine Army after the 1967 Six-Day War. The ZRF represents the main belligerent in the ongoing Zionist insurgency in Palestine, one of the longest civil conflicts to date. The stated goal of the Zionist Resistance Front is to liberate Jewish territories in Palestine via armed struggle, and ultimately reestablish the State of Israel in the territories which were annexed to Palestine in 1967. The ZRF is designated a terrorist organisation by the Palestinian government and the governments of several other Arab and Muslim countries, as well as by Germany, Hungary, and the Republic of Ireland, but receives significant ongoing funding and arming by the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States in addition to significant donations from private individuals abroad.

The ZRF was established by formed Israeli defence minister Moshe Dayan, and has been led since 1995 by Yossi Cohen. It has a political wing called the Israel Home Government which is known to exert significant influence over the large Jewish community in Palestine, several subordinate charity organisations, and a significantly diversified media sector (Mediat Yisrael). The front also commands a number of intelligence and security agencies, namely the Mossad and Aliyah Bet. The ZRF operates with a strict functional discipline as well as almost total anonymity between units and levels of command, allowing the front significant flexibility in the face of repression or loss of personnel including senior members. The ZRF was named by the El-Quds University Press as the "world's most efficient and dangerous resistance movement". The activities of the resistance groups which would become the ZRF were the direct reason for the 1967 establishment of the Joint Security Committee by the Palestinian government.