You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
Henry A. Kissinger
Question
Could all this violence have been avoided if the British and French had
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 gives Syria and Lebanon independence in 1946
•British fall out of favor 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
•1947 the UN suggests a partition.
•Jews are happy with this but the Arabs are angry
•Arab radicals had attacked Jews throughout 1947
•The Arab League had rumors 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 gives Syria and Lebanon independence in 1946
•British fall out of favor 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
•1947 the UN suggests a partition.
•Jews are happy with this but the Arabs are angry
•Arab radicals had attacked Jews throughout 1947
•The Arab League had rumors 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
Many Jews moved to Israel. Arab League was formed in 1945 to protest the Balfour Declaration. British handed this problem over to the UN in 1947. UN suggests a partition which made Jews happy and Arabs angry.
During the battle between Israel and Arab League countries, Jews managed to win. They increased their territory from the partition and adding the Negev Desert.
Palestinians became refugees and they begin terrorist attacks in Israel.
During the battle between Israel and Arab League countries, Jews managed to win. They increased their territory from the partition and adding the Negev Desert.
Palestinians became refugees and they begin terrorist attacks in Israel.