 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1938 Meivar akabatana zviri pamutemo nemauto anorwisa eHaganah; mutungamiriri wake wokutanga akanga ari Miriam Stern. Nguva pfupi pashure pokumukira kwechiArabhu nokuponda kweTibheriyasi, akaendeswa kunodzidziswa kuva mukuru. Zvizhinji zvezviitiko zvake zvaibatanidza kunzvenga mauto eBritish ekoloni, uye kubatsira Safed kuwana zvombo nezvombo. Donzo guru rakanga riri rokugadzirira kumukira nokurwa zvomunguva yemberi. Zvisinei, muna 1939, pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, kumukira kwevaArab muMandatory Palestine kwakaguma. 