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Haganah(1920–48) Zionist military organization. It was organized to combat the attacks of Palestinian Arabs on Jewish settlements, and it effectively defended them despite being outlawed by the British authorities and being poorly armed. Through World War II (1939–45) its activities were moderate by contrast with more extreme Zionist militias, but it turned to terrorism after the war when the British refused to permit unlimited Jewish immigration to Palestine. In 1947 it clashed openly with British forces and with the forces of the Palestinian Arabs and their allies. When Israel became a state in 1948, Haganah became the core of its national army. See also Irgun Zvai Leumi. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some Haganah commanders go to see Ben-Gurion in his office. The defenders of Jaffa, however, were no match to the more organized and equipped forces of the Haganah and Irgun. 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. |
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