Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Rakaumbwa kubva kumapoka ehondo akambovapo, chinangwa charo chepakutanga chaiva chokudzivirira misha yevaJudha pakurwiswa nevaArabhu, zvakadai semhirizhonga ya1920, 1921, 1929
uye panguva yokumukira kwevaArab muna 1936-1939 muPalestine. Yaiva pasi pesangano reJewish Agency, sangano rehurumende raiona nezvenharaunda yevaJudha muPalestine panguva yaitongwa neBritain. Kusvikira pakuguma kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, mabasa eHaganah akanga ari pakati nepakati, maererano nemitemo yehavlaga ("kuzvidzora"), iyo yakakonzera kupatsanurwa kweIrgun neLehi. Boka racho rakagamuchira rutsigiro rwechiuto rwakavanzika kubva kuPoland. Haganah yakatsvaka kushandira pamwe nemaBritish kana Axis ichipinda muPalestine kuburikidza neNorth Africa, zvichikurudzira kugadzirwa kwePalmach task force muna 1941.