Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pemhirizhonga dzechiArab muna 1920 nemhirizhonga yeJaffa muna 1921, vatungamiriri vechiJudha muPalestine vaidavira kuti vaBritain (avo vakanga vapiwa simba neLeague of Nations pamusoro pePalestine muna 1920 nechinangwa chokugadza musha worudzi rwechiJudha) vakanga vasina chido chokurwisana nemapoka evaArab omunzvimbomo pamusoro pokurwisa kwavo vaJudha vePalestine. Vachiziva kuti vakanga vasingagoni kuvimba nehurumende yeBritain kuti ivadzivirire pamapoka aya, vatungamiriri vechiJudha vakatanga Haganah kuti vadzivirire mapurazi avo nemakibutsu. Mukuwedzera pakurinda nzanga dzechiJudha, basa reHaganah rakanga riri rokunyevera vagari nokudzivisa kurwiswa navaArabhu vePalestine. Munguva iri pakati pa1920 na1929, Haganah yakashaya simba rakasimba repakati kana kuronga. "Zvikamu" zveHaganah zvaiva munzvimbo imwe chete uye zvakanga zvisina zvombo zvakakwana: zvainyanya kuumbwa nevarimi vechiJudha vaichinjana kurinda mapurazi avo kana kuti kibbutzim dzavo. Kutevera muArab
nokuponda kwa1929, basa reHaganah rakachinja zvikuru. Yakava sangano rakakura zvikuru raibatanidza pwere dzose nevakuru mumisha yevaJudha, pamwe chete nezviuru zvemitezo yaibva mumaguta. Rakawanawo zvombo zvokumwe ndokutanga kugadzira misangano yokugadzira magirinedhi emaoko nemidziyo yehondo yakapfava, richishandura kubva kumapoka evarwi asina kudzidziswa kuva uto repasi pevhu rinokwanisa.