havlagah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Haganah policy of abstaining from revenge on Arab groups who attacked Jewish settlements during the British Mandate.

Word forms

havlagah

Etymology

From Hebrew ההבלגה (literally “restraint”).

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