1946

June 29
"Black Sabbath." The British send thousands of soldiers and policemen to carry out a nationwide raid against the Jewish Yishuv. Part of the Yishuv leadership is arrested, curfews are implemented in dozens of settlements, and the British go in search of Hagana arms. Weapons are discovered in one seftlement only - that of Kibbutz Yagur.
The British detain 2,700 members of the Yishuv. There is great anger against the British in the Jewish Yishuv, in the Zionist movement and throughout the world.