 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuwedzera kwenhamba yevapoteri vechiJudha uye kutenga ivhu, kusingapikiswi neBritish Mandate, kwakatsamwisa uye kwakanyanyisa maArabu mazhinji. Muna April 1936, vaArab vakarwisa bhazi rechiJudha, zvichitungamirira kuzvinetso zvakatevedzana izvo zvakawedzera kuva kupandukira kukuru kwevaArab. VaBritain vakashamiswa uye havana kukwanisa kudzivisa kufa kwezviuru zvavaArabhu nemazana avaJudha mukumukira kwacho. Haganah yaidzivirira misha yeYishuv nepo Irgun, boka rakanyanyisa, rairwisa misha yevaArab. Mubatanidzwa wemapato ezvematongerwe enyika echiArabhu akanga achangobva kuumbwa wakaumba Arab Higher Committee AHC. Yakazivisa kuramwa basa kworudzi rwose mukutsigira zvinodikanwa zvitatu zvinokosha: kugumiswa kwokutama kwavaJudha, mugumo wokutengeswazve kwose kwenyika kuvaJudha, uye kugadzwa kwehurumende yenyika yechiArab. VaArab vakatyisidzira kuti kana vaBritain vakasateerera zvavaida ipapo vaizobatana navavengi vavaBritain. Ikoku kwakanetsa vaBritain nokuti Hondo yeNyika II yakanga ichangotanga uye vaiziva kuti vaizoda mafuta okuMiddle East. 