The Jewish Agency History
The Jewish Agency for Palestine started in the year 1923.
Its aim was to take care of the Jewish Community resident in Palestine as the area was then known at the time. It was an administrative organization which also focused on the needs of Jews elsewhere and not strictly in Palestine. It was also directly responsible for the formation of the Haganah, a Jewish paramilitary organization which later became the foundation of the modern day Tsahal or Israeli Defense Forces.
This was the agency responsible at the time for the immigration of Jews into Palestine. In 1948 it later became the provisional government of Israel under the leader of the agency , David Ben Gurion. Prominent members of the Haganah include Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon and a number of other prominent Israeli’s.