Operation Agatha

Operation Agatha (Saturday, June 29, 1946) sometimes called Black Shabbat or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath , was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in the British Mandate of Palestine . Soldiers and police searched for arms and made arrests in Jerusalem , Tel-Aviv , and Haifa , and in several dozen settlements; the semi-official Jewish Agency was raided. The total number of British security forces involved is variously reported as 10,000, 17,000, and 25,000. About 2,700 individuals were arrested, among them Moshe Sharett . The British objectives included dissuading the Haganah and the Palmach , Lehi (Stern Gang), and the Irgun Tzvai Leumi , from undertaking further attacks against British troops and officials, as well as possibly dissuading a unilateral proclamation of a Jewish state , and bolstering morale .

Operation Agatha (Saturday, June 29, 1946) sometimes called Black Sabbath or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath , was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in Mandatory Palestine . Soldiers and police searched for arms and made arrests in Jerusalem , Tel Aviv , and Haifa , and in several dozen settlements; the Jewish Agency was raided. The total number of British security forces involved is variously reported as 10,000, 17,000, and 25,000. About 2,700 individuals were arrested, among them future Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett . The officially given purpose of the operation was to end "the state of anarchy" then existing in Palestine. Other objectives included obtaining documentary proof of Jewish Agency approval of sabotage operations by the Palmach and of an alliance between the Haganah and the more violent Lehi (Stern Gang) and Irgun , to destroy the Haganah's military power, to boost army morale and to prevent a coup d'état being mounted by the Lehi and Irgun.

Operation Agatha (Saturday, June 29, 1946) sometimes called Black Sabbath ("השבת השחורה") or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath , was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in Mandatory Palestine . Soldiers and police searched for arms and made arrests in Jerusalem , Tel Aviv , and Haifa , and in several dozen settlements; the Jewish Agency was raided. The total number of British security forces involved is variously reported as 10,000, 17,000, and 25,000. About 2,700 individuals were arrested, among them future Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett . The officially given purpose of the operation was to end "the state of anarchy" then existing in Palestine. Other objectives included obtaining documentary proof of Jewish Agency approval of sabotage operations by the Palmach and of an alliance between the Haganah and the more violent Lehi (Stern Gang) and Irgun , destroying the Haganah's military power, boosting army morale and preventing a coup d'état being mounted by the Lehi and Irgun.

1946 British military operation against Jewish paramilitaries in Mandatory Palestine Operation Agatha (Saturday, June 29, 1946), sometimes called Black Sabbath ( ) or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath , was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in Mandatory Palestine . Soldiers and police searched for arms and made arrests in Jerusalem , Tel Aviv , Haifa and several dozen settlements; the Jewish Agency was raided. The total number of British security forces involved is variously reported as 10,000, 17,000, and 25,000. About 2,700 individuals were arrested, among them future Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett . The officially given purpose of the operation was to end "the state of anarchy" then existing in Palestine. Other objectives included obtaining documentary proof of Jewish Agency approval of sabotage operations by the Palmach and of an alliance between the Haganah and the more violent Lehi (Stern Gang) and Irgun , destroying the Haganah's military power, boosting army morale and preventing a coup d'état being mounted by the Lehi and Irgun.

1946 British military operation against Jewish paramilitaries in Mandatory Palestine Operation Agatha (Saturday, June 29, 1946), sometimes called Black Sabbath ( Hebrew : השבת השחורה ) or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath , was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in Mandatory Palestine during the Jewish insurgency . Soldiers and police searched for arms and made arrests in Jerusalem , Tel Aviv , Haifa and several dozen settlements; the Jewish Agency was raided. The total number of British security forces personnel involved is variously reported as 10,000, 17,000, and 25,000. About 2,700 individuals were arrested, among them future Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett . The officially given purpose of the operation was to end "the state of anarchy" then existing in Palestine. Other objectives included obtaining documentary proof of Jewish Agency approval of sabotage operations by the Palmach and of an alliance between the Haganah and the more violent Lehi (Stern Gang) and Irgun , destroying the Haganah's military power, boosting army morale and preventing a coup d'état being mounted by the Lehi and Irgun.