Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Yishuv was involved in several armed conflicts, mostly as part of the Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine:

+ Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Combatant 3 Results 1920 Nebi Musa riots - Arab rioters United Kingdom military forces in Palestine Creation of the Haganah 1921 Jaffa riots Jewish civilians Arab civilians Haycraft Commission of Inquiry, Churchill White Paper 1929 Hebron–Safed riots Betar Haganah Arab rioters United Kingdom military forces in Palestine Radicalization of both Jewish and Arab communities in Palestine, Shaw Report, Hope Simpson Royal Commission, Passfield white paper 1933 Palestine riots Arab rioters United Kingdom military forces in Palestine The British police forces successfully dispersed the rioters. 1936–1939 Arab revolt Jewish National Council Haganah Fosh Peulot Meyuhadot Irgun Arab Higher Committee (1936 – October 1937) Local rebel factions (fasa'il) Volunteers from Arab world Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine (October 1937 – 1939) Bureau of the Arab Revolt in Palestine (late 1938 – 1939) Society for the Defense of Palestine

Palestine Police Force Jewish Settlement Police Jewish Supernumerary Police Special Night Squads NDF (from 1937) Arab "peace bands" Revolt suppressed Issuance of the White Paper of 1939 World War II (1939–1945) Yishuv volunteers in the British Armed Forces, including No. 51 Commando, the Special Interrogation Group, the Jewish Brigade, and parachutists, and Yishuv volunteers in the British merchant navy. Haganah Palmach Irgun (until 1943) Axis powers Allied victory: substantial Yishuv participation in the Allied war effort 1944–1947 Jewish insurgency Jewish National Council Irgun (1944–1948) Lehi (1944–1948) Haganah (1945–1946) Palmach Hish Him United Kingdom British Army Royal Navy Royal Air Force Royal Marines Palestine Police Force Zionist victoryCharters, David A. The British Army and Jewish Insurgency in Palestine, 1945–47. Springer, 1989, p. X British forces unable to suppress insurgencyHoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 49–51 Insurgency turned British public opinion against the deployment in Palestine, leading to Britain deferring the issue to the United Nations Start of civil war in Mandatory Palestine in response to the UN Partition Plan 1947–1948 Civil War Jewish National Council Haganah Palmach Irgun Lehi Foreign volunteers Allied Bedouin tribes Arab Higher Committee Army of the Holy War Arab Liberation Army

Arab Legion

Jewish National Council victory Issuance of the Israeli Declaration of Independence Intervention by neighbouring Arab states, beginning the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

See also List of wars involving Israel Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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