 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1948, Haifa raiva guta rakavhenganiswa raiva navanhu 135 000, rakakamurwa pakati pevaJudha vePalestine 70,000 navaArab vePalestine 65,000. Chikamu chechiArab chavagari vemo, chifo chamavambo a1948, chakatanga kuderera. Nzvimbo huru dzechiPalestine dzechiJudha dzeguta dzaive Hadar HaCarmel naNeve Shaanan; naKhalisa naWadi Nisnas vari kunyanya maPalestine maArabhu. Hondo yevagari vemo muPalestine yakawedzera pamwe chete nematanho okupedzisira eBritish Mandate. MuJerusarema, pakasvika January 1947 vaBritain vakanga vabvisa vanhu 2.000 nokuda kwechengeteko yavo vamene. Pashure pokubviswa kwavagari vomunyika yeBritain, mhuri dzevaArab vaiva nezvinhu zvakawanda uye vatungamiriri vakawanda vomunzanga yechiArab vakabvawo. Vamwe vakataura kuti vatungamiriri vechiArab vakakurudzira vaArab vokuPalestine kuti vabude nokutiza ivo pachavo. Ikoku kwakatyisidzira zvikuru boka risina mutungamiri zvino rakanga ragara shure, iro, rakakurudzirwa namashoko anoparadzira utsinye, yakatizawo. Kunonzi ivo vakatadzisa kugadziriswa kwechisungo muHaifa. Kuramba kweArab League kupindira kwakanga kwave kuri chikonzero chokuparadzwa kwomwoyo kwakapararira kwavagari vechiArab vePalestine. Pakazosvika pakati paMarch vaArabu vePalestine 25 000 kusvika ku30 000 vakanga vatobviswa muHaifa. 