The first State Cup, then called People's Cup was held during early 1928, with Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem reaching the final.

However, the cup was later shared, as Maccabi Hasmonean appealed the result to the EIFA.

[1] During a visit to Palestine, Sir Alfred Mond suggested a forming a Jewish unified team to tour The UK.

In order to set the squad of the team which will be sent abroad, a competition, named "Mond Cup", in honor of Sir Mond, was organized between the four top Jewish teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem in which The four teams would play each other in a league format, after which the best players would be selected to the team.

[2] Eventually, after the competition, due to disagreements between the clubs no team was composed and the tour did not take place.