 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera mhirizhonga ya1920 Nebi Musa, utungamiriri hwaYishuv hwakagadzira Haganah, sangano rokudzivirira renyika yose. Munguva yekumukira kwevaArabhu muna 1936-1939 muPalestine, Haganah yakashingaira kubatsira mauto eBritish, ayo akazotsigira mari yeHaganah-inodzorwa nemapurisa echiJuda anozivikanwa seNotrim. Kuparadzwa kwokupandukira kwakanyatsochinja mwero wesimba muPalestine kuti ubatsire Yishuv. Zvisinei, Britain yakazivawo kudikanwa kwokudzivisa kushatisa nyika huru yeArabhu. Muna 1937, Peel Commission yakapa chirongwa chokugadzira nyika yechiJudha uye nyika yechiArab. Pashure pokunge rwarambwa, British District Commissioner weGarirea, Lewis Yellard Andrews akapondwa navaArabu vaiva nepfuti muNazareta. Muna 1939, Britain yakazivisa White Paper ra1939, iro rakarambidza zvikuru kutama kwavaJudha nokutenga ivhu uye rakadana kuti pave nenyika imwe chete yakabatana muPalestine. Mukupindura kuWhite Paper, boka rechiuto rechiJudha reIrgun nhengo yeHaganah rakatanga kuita mabasa mukurwisana navaBritain. 