Proper noun
Yishuv
(historical) The community of Jews living in Palestine before 1948.
Terrorism benefits the Arabs, it may lay waste the Yishuv and shake Zionism. But to follow in the Arabs' footsteps and ape their deeds is to be blind to the gulf between us. Our aims and theirs run counter: methods calculated to further theirs, are ruinous to us. David Ben-Gurion
Accordingly, the Irgun accompanied its armed operations with public-relations campaigns aiming to convince the public of the Irgun's way and the problems with the official political leadership of the Yishuv. Source: Internet
A combined invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria, together with expeditionary forces from Iraq, entered Palestine – Jordan having declared privately to Yishuv emissaries on 2 May it would abide by a decision not to attack the Jewish state. Source: Internet
Dominique Lapierre et Larry Collins (1971), chap. 7, pp. 131–153 The Yishuv tried to supply the city using convoys of up to 100 armoured vehicles, but largely failed. Source: Internet
Henry Laurens (2005), p. 83 Although a certain level of doubt took hold among Yishuv supporters, their apparent defeats were due more to their wait-and-see policy than to weakness. Source: Internet
Furthermore, the opposition within the Yishuv to illegal immigration significantly decreased, and the Haganah began to bring Jews to Palestine using rented ships, as the Irgun had in the past. Source: Internet