The Betar Movement was founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky. The Movement quickly stablished a reputation as the premier activist Zionist youth organization, a position that it has maintained to this day. Betar members played vital roles in the struggle against the British Mandate and the establishment of the State of Israel.
Many of Israel's most prominent public figures have been graduates of the Movement, including former Prime Ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir and former Defence Minister Moshe Arens.
Today, the Betar Movement is primarily involved in Jewish and Zionist education and activism and has chapters worldwide.
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