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Haganah

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Noun1.Haganah - the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
military force, military group, military unit, force - a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine


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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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