Violent conflicts involving the Yishuv
Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Combatant 3 Results
1920 Nebi Musa riots - Arab rioters incited by several leaders United Kingdom military forces in Palestine Creation of the Haganah
1921 Jaffa riots - Arab rioters United Kingdom military forces in Palestine Haycraft Commission of Inquiry , Churchill White Paper
1929 Hebron-Safed riots Betar Haganah Arab rioters incited by Mohammad Amin al-Husayni , Supreme Muslim Council 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 Yishuv 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 United Kingdom British Army Palestine Police Force Jewish Settlement Police Jewish Supernumerary Police Special Night Squads NDF ( from 1937 ) Arab peace bands Revolt suppressed , creation of the Irgun , White Paper of 1939 which seriously limited Jewish immigration and Jewish purchase of lands in Palestine
1944-1947 Jewish insurgency Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi United Kingdom military forces in Palestine British withdrawal and independence of Israel
1947-1948 Civil War Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi Foreign Volunteers Army of the Holy War Arab Liberation Army United Kingdom military forces in Palestine 1948 Palestinian exodus , Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries and Israeli Declaration of Independence which led to the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
 Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 , the Yishuv was involved in several armed conflicts as part of the Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine : 1920 Nebi Musa riots – Arab riots against Jews in and around the Old City of Jerusalem . 1921 Jaffa riots – Arab riots against Jews in the city of Jaffa . 1929 Hebron–Safed riots – Arab demonstrations and riots against Jews in all Mandatory Palestine , whose major violent episodes took place in Hebron and Safed . 1933 Palestine riots – during massive Arab demonstrations and riots held in Mandatory Palestine the demonstrators attempted to break into the Jewish area of Jerusalem but were successfully dispersed by the British police forces . 1936–1939 Arab revolt – Arab violent uprising against mass Jewish immigration and British authorities . 1944–1947 Jewish insurgency – Violent events , which occurred between Revolt declaration by Irgun on February 1944 and the UN partition plan on 29 November 1947 , when the British government policy of limiting Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine led to conflict between the British Empire and Zionist organizations in Mandatory Palestine , some of which resorted to armed revolt . 1947–1948 Civil War – This period constitutes the first phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war , during which the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed .
Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Yishuv was involved in several armed conflicts as part of the Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine: