Zionist organizations collected funds and recruited volunteers for the Haganah. The camp was closed at the end of Quoted after: Tomaszewski J. Dzieje i kultura. A Lexicon. Skip to main content. Toggle navigation. About the project Polin. Search form "Search". Facebook YouTube. Between , 66 clandestine immigrant ships carrying 70, immigrants sailed to Eretz Yisrael. Haganah operatives purchased large quantities of arms from the United States , Western Europe , and Czechoslovakia , and sent them to Palestine.
The group also founded a weapons industry, TAAS. On the eve of independence, TAAS owned 46 factories manufacturing submachine guns, mortars, grenades, bullets and explosives. Female officer In the spring of , David Ben-Gurion took it upon himself to direct the general policy of the Haganah, especially in preparation for impending Arab attack. Between and April , 5, members of the Haganah were killed, 3,, of whom died fighting in the War. Today, it is possible to learn more at the Haganah Museum is in Tel Aviv.
Fighters - Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Woman - Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Download our mobile app for on-the-go access to the Jewish Virtual Library. Category » Jewish Defense Organizations. The Jewish Resistance Movement. Evolution of Armed Jewish Defense in Palestine. Defense Organizations. Yishuv was the Jewish community of Palestine prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in However, the promise of peace and security was shattered with the occurrence of Arab assaults and threats on Jewish settlements in This led to the realisation that the Yishuv must create an independent defence force, completely free of foreign authority for both security and political considerations.
In June , the Haganah was created. The Hashomer and the Jewish Legion were the forerunners of the Haganah. Founded in , the Hashomer consisted of a group of emigrants who offered protection to the Jewish settlements in return for an annual fee.
Originally known as Bar Giora, it was formally disbanded after the establishment of the Haganah in Formed in , the Jewish Legion was the name given to the five battalions of Jewish volunteers raised by the British army to fight against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. After the war, several hundred volunteers fought against demobilisation believing that the establishment of Israel required protection. A mere to men remained by the spring of What was the purpose of the Haganah?
To guard the Jewish communities and farms from possible attacks by Arab gangs To warn the residents and repel the attacks Timeline of activities of the Haganah During the early years of its existence, the Haganah was a loose organisation of local defence groups in the large towns and in several of the settlements.
Its structure dramatically changed in the succeeding years. Its units were localised on the extreme part of the territory and had very limited weapons. The city of Hebron was faced with a sort of ethnic cleansing since 70 Jews were killed and others were forced to flee.
This forced the Haganah to reorganise abruptly: It became a large organisation that comprised nearly all the youth and adults in the settlements, as well as several thousand members from each of the cities.
It initiated a comprehensive training programme for its members, eventually turning its untrained militia into an efficient army. It established central arms depots into which a continuous stream of light arms flowed from foreign nations. Although the British administration did not officially acknowledge the Haganah, the British security forces cooperated with it by creating the Jewish Settlement Police, the Jewish Supernumerary Police and Special Night Squads.
As a result, the Haganah supported illegal immigration, organised demonstrations against the British Anti-Zionist policy expressed in the paper, and began building up its elite fighting force known as the Palmach.
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