Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I whakaritea e te "Eretz Israel Football Association", i muri mai ka noho ko te Israel Football Association, e kiia ana ko ia te mea i mua i te Israeli Premier League hou, me tetahi waahanga o mua o te punaha riiki whutupaoro a Iharaira. Na nga pakanga nanakia e pa ana ki te Yishuv, kaore i rite te whakamahere, ana i etahi waa kaore he whakataetae a motu i tu. I whakamutua te riiki mo nga wa e rua i muri i te 1947 i waenga i te mutunga o te Mana o Ingarangi i runga i te whenua i te Mei 1948, te mana motuhake o te State o Iharaira i te wa ano, me te pakanga i muri mai
i waenganui i a Iharaira me ētahi whenua e karapoti ana. I whakakapia te Rōpū Palestine i te tau 1949 e te Rōpū hou o Iharaira, Liga Alef.