Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Stern gang
militant Zionist terrorist organization (officially Lohame Herut Yisra'el "Fighters for the Freedom of Israel") founded 1940 by Avram Stern (1907-1942).
Usage examples of "stern gang".
In our files we haven't had Jews threatening to blow people to pieces to free their friends since the Irgun and the Stern Gang.
Matthew-Levi was a tax-collector, Philip a Greek-speaking student of law, Shimon the Zealot was a political activist, and Judas was a member of the Sicarii - a first-century version of the Stern Gang specialising in covert assassination of Roman soldiers and civil servants.
Yitzhak Shamir became head of the Stern gang by killing the guy who was designated to be the head.