 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - vaJudha veEurope vaitiza mhirizhonga inopesana nemaJuda kunyanya kuparadza kweRussia vakatamira muPalestine muhuwandu hunowedzera. Apo vaBritain vakarambidza vaJudha kupinda munyika yacho ona White Paper ra1939, vaJudha vakabva kune dzimwe nyika vakatanga kushandisa hondo yemagandanga vachirwisa vaBritain vaine zvinangwa zviviri: kuunza vapoteri vechiJudha vakawanda, uye kuchinja mafungiro evaBritain kumba. Mapoka echiJudha akadai seLehi neIrgun mazhinji acho aive neruzivo muhondo dzeWarsaw Ghettovairwa navaNazi, vakarwa navarwi veBritain pose pavaigona, kubatanidza kubhomba kweKing David Hotel. Vakaitawo kurwisa vaArab, uye vakagadzirira gadziriro dzokugadzirwa kwezvinhu nokuda kwehondo ya1948 yakanga iri kuuya. 