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Haganah

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Haganah

Zionist military organization in Palestine. It originated under the Turkish rule of the Ottoman Empire before World War I to protect Jewish settlements, and many of its members served in the British forces in both world wars. After World War II it condemned guerrilla activity, opposing the British authorities only passively. It formed the basis of the Israeli army after Israel was established in 1948.



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Some Haganah commanders go to see Ben-Gurion in his office.
Deir Yassin Day 2006: with but a wave of his hand ... how Palestine ... by Eisen, Paul / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The defenders of Jaffa, however, were no match to the more organized and equipped forces of the Haganah and Irgun.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod: the legacy of an activist scholar and teacher by Nassar, Jamal R. / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
Dayan, who had founded the Haganah in 1939 and had been IDF chief of staff from 1953 to 1958, had generally been credited with the swift victory of Israeli forces in the 1956 campaign against Egypt in Gaza and the Sinai.
The defining moment: in concluding the discussion begun in the ... by Schafer, David / The Humanist
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