The Israeli war of INDEPENDENCE
- 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 gives 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 the problem over to the UN in 1947
QUESTION: Why did the UN suggest a partition?
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- 1947 the UN suggests a partition.
- Jews are happy with this the 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 parition including the Negev Desert
- Many Palestinians became refugees
- Palestinians begin terrorist attacks within Israel
SUMMARY: The Holocaust and persecution of Jews in Europe leads to many of them leaving to Israel and the Arab league is formed in 1945 to protest the Balfour declaration. France gives Syria and Lebanon independence in 1946, and the British fall out of favour with the Jews under the guidance of the Zionist movement because a homeland had not yet been created. The British hand the problem over to the UN in 1947, and the UN suggests a partition. Jews are happy with this, however the Arabs are angry. The arab radicals attacked the Jews throughout 1947. 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 become refugees, and the Palestinians begin terrorist attacks within Israel.
"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared."
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion