the israeli war of independence, 1948
- Background to the war:
-Holocaust and persecution of Jews in Europe leads to many of them leaving to Israel
-Arab League is formed in 1945 to protest the Balfour Declaration
-France give Syria and Lebanon independence in 1946
-British fall out of favour with the Jews under the guidance of the Zionist movement ( A homeland had not been created yet )
-The Brits hand over the problem over to the UN in 1947
-1947 the UN suggests a partition
-Jews are happy with this | Arabs are angry
-Arab radicals had attacked Jews throughout 1947
-The Arab League had rumours of attacking the Jews once the Brits left.
-The day the mandate ends the Jews under David Ben-Gurion attack the Arab League countries
-The Jews win and increase their territory from the partition including the Negev Desert
-Many Palestinians became refugees
-Palestinians begin terrorist attacks within Israel
-Holocaust and persecution of Jews in Europe leads to many of them leaving to Israel
-Arab League is formed in 1945 to protest the Balfour Declaration
-France give Syria and Lebanon independence in 1946
-British fall out of favour with the Jews under the guidance of the Zionist movement ( A homeland had not been created yet )
-The Brits hand over the problem over to the UN in 1947
-1947 the UN suggests a partition
-Jews are happy with this | Arabs are angry
-Arab radicals had attacked Jews throughout 1947
-The Arab League had rumours of attacking the Jews once the Brits left.
-The day the mandate ends the Jews under David Ben-Gurion attack the Arab League countries
-The Jews win and increase their territory from the partition including the Negev Desert
-Many Palestinians became refugees
-Palestinians begin terrorist attacks within Israel
Summary
When many Jews left Europe to go to Israel because of the Holocaust, the Arab League was formed to protest the Balfour Declaration. Jews started a Zionist movement to get their homeland and the Brits handed the problem to the UN in 1947 where the UN suggested a partition so the Jews had their own country (Israel) but the Arabs are angry because Israel split up many Arab regions. The Jews won (which was unlikely) and force Arabs to retreat, and Israel increased its territory. Which resulted in Jews & Palestinians begin major conflict that continues for almost 50 years.
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