Haganah

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Haganah was the main Jewish paramilitary organization in Mandatory Palestine that later formed the core of the Israel Defense Forces.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish paramilitary organization
Zionist military organization
activeDuring British Mandate of Palestine
alliedWith Jewish Agency for Palestine
commandStructure General Staff
conflict 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
1947–1949 Palestine war
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
cooperatedWith British Army
Special Night Squads
country Mandatory Palestine
dissolvedInto Israel Defense Forces
formedTheCoreOf Israel Defense Forces
goal Creation of a Jewish state in Palestine
Protection of Jewish settlements
hadBranch Him
Hish
Palmach
hadMilitaryWing Palmach
ideology Zionism
influenced Doctrine of the Israel Defense Forces
language Hebrew
locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
mergedInto Israel Defense Forces
nameMeaning Defense
notableOperation Operation Danny
Operation Dekel
Operation Harel
Operation Nachshon
Operation Yiftach
notableUnit Jewish Settlement Police
Palmach
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
opposedBy Arab Palestinian militias
British Mandate authorities
opposedOrganizations Irgun
Lehi
partOf Yishuv
recognizedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine
role Defense of Jewish communities in Mandatory Palestine
Illegal immigration support to Palestine
status Defunct organization
supported Aliyah Bet
trainedBy Orde Wingate
usedTactics Guerrilla warfare
Intelligence gathering
Sabotage

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ("Israel Defense Forces")
Yitzhak Rabin ("Palmach")
servedIn
Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres ("Israel Defense Forces")
servedInOrganization
Jewish Agency for Palestine
affiliatedWith
David Ben-Gurion ("Israel Defense Forces")
founderOf
Moshe Dayan
militaryBranch
Israel Security Agency ("Haganah intelligence service")
precededBy
Irgun
splitFrom

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