 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokumukira kwechiArab muna 1936-1939muPalestine, Yermiya akabatana neSpecial Night Squads. Muna 1938, akanga ari pakati pevakatanga kibbutz Eilon, uye akava nhengo ye kibbutz. Akatora chikamu muhondo ye kibbutz Hanita, uye akagadzwa mutungamiriri wenharaunda yenzvimbo iyi. Pashure peHondo Yenyika II, Yermiya akabatana neBritish Army, uye akashanda muPalestinian Transport Corps. Akatora rutivi muNorth Africa neMiddle Eastern fronts, uye kupinda muItaly neGermany. Pakupera kwehondo, aive nhengo yeHaganahs elite strike unit, iyo Palmach, uye akapinda muma Palmach mashandiro ekupinza zvisiri pamutemo vatorwa vechiJuda muPalestine sechikamu cheAliyah Bet. 