Misaviv Yehom HaSa'ar - Song of The Palmach

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The Palmach (Short for "Plugot HaMachatz" - The Strike Companies)
Were the elite units of the Socialist Haganah forces from 1941 - 1948

During the early days of the Haganah, nearly all of it's efforts were focused on defending Jewish communities, and no professional fighting force was available.
With a real threat of Axis invasion into Mandatory Palestine, Britain briefly agreed to fund the formation of an independent Jewish fighting force to fight against the Nazis - causing the formation of the Palmach.

As the Axis was driven back, and British support for the Yishuv was cut. The Haganah was left with a professional underground fighting force - which was then used to conduct sabotage operations against British authorities in an attempt to drive out colonial leadership from the mandate.

During the Arab-Israeli war, it's soldiers continued to fight in the front, withstanding overwhelming Arab coalition forces in many different battles.
The Palmach was dissolved in the later stages of the war, with the establishment of the IDF, however it's legacy remains prominent in left-wing circles, and Israeli society more broadly.


The left-wing Haganah units more broadly ended up serving as the basis for Israel's military, being much larger than the right-wing Irgun
The Haganah differed from the Irgun in it's policy of non-retaliation or "Havlagah" towards the Arab communities.
This policy obviously broken with the start of the 1948 war, when the Haganah forces went on the offensive.