Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Bayan shekaru na zaman lafiya tare da mazauna kauyukan Larabawa da ke kewaye, daga wanda suka sayi kayan lambu, 'ya'yan itatuwa da ƙwai, an kai wa mazaunan Neve Yaakov hari a lokacin yakin basasa na shekara ta
1929 Falasdinu tawaye, kuma iyalai da yawa sun koma Old City. Dangane da ƙidaya da hukumomin Mandate na Burtaniya suka gudanar a 1931, Neve Yaakov yana da mazaunan 101, a gidaje 20. A lokacin juyin juya halin Larabawa a Palestine na 1936-1939, ana jin harbe-harbe daga bangaren Larabawa kusan kowane dare. Gwamnatin Biritaniya ta ba da makamai don kare Neve Yaakov, kuma membobin sojojin Haganah na Zionist sun koma don kare ƙauyen da bututun ruwansa.