The 1948 Israeli War of Independence

The 1948 Israeli War of Independence began when the United Nations decided to partition Palestine into separated Jewish and Arab states. The Arabs were not staisfied with the deal, as they wanted Palestine to be for Arabs only. They said that they would "fight for every inch of our country." Riots ensued almost immediately after the Partition Plan was approved. Arabs were able to take over many British military bases, and used the weaponry they acquired to launch attacks on Jewish communities. Jewish militias fought back, and after the British left Palestine, Israel was declared a state.
The 1948 War of Independence was a conflict that was instigated by the proposition of a compromise. For that reason, the topic is consistent with the theme of "Conflict and Compromise," though the order in which the two take lace in my topic is not identical to the order of the2007-2008 National History Day theme. The compromise occurred before the conflict.

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[JerrySPsy]

annebeck58 - you need to learn history. There has always been some Jewish presence in the Holy Land & more & more land was BOUGHT by the Jews & the Jewish National Fund for settlement. The Arabs then felt threatened and started all the attacks on Jewish settlers in the 1880's and again in the 1920's with massacres of woman and children in Hebron, Jaffa, Saffra, and Jerusalem. This prompted the establishment of Jewish defense forces who later went on the offensive since it was kill or be killed.

[isratech1]

you and your kind threating us since 1948 '61 years have passed and we are still here. in every each war you started include 73 you lost and we are here... here is a suggestion Causin what you cant change adapt. make peace with us without conditions. egypt and jordan learned that lesson when will you?

[topperheartramada]

Arabs: born to lose.

[topperheartramada]

@ramborghini88 it will. its name is 'israel'.

[sass225]

Be honest palestinians turned themselves into refuges cause they expected muslims to push the jews into the sea and claim all of palestine after jews put in the work to create orchiards and vinards the arabs wanted the land back they sold the land then wanted to take it back at gun point

[sass225]

For many centuries, Palestine was a sparsely populated, poorly cultivated and widely-neglected expanse of eroded hills, sandy deserts and malarial marshes. As late as 1880, the American consul in Jerusalem reported the area was continuing its historic decline. "The population and wealth of Palestine has not increased during the last forty years," the jewish imagrants bought land when they arrived

[FindingIslam]

Personally, I would blow up the Dome of the Rock.

[chugalongway]

Ashkenazis go home to your true homeland.

Stop mocking the Jewish religion.

Leave Palestine alone.

[ramborghini88]

long live palestine

[alanheath]

What has the theme from Schinder's List got to do with this? The holocaust was a crime committed by the Nazis in Europe. This not so sublime insinuation that the Arabs had something to do with it is utterly disgraceful.

[armytage314]

@FastestSpermCell

GET A LIFE

[armytage314]

@kamraan88

LONG LIVE ISRAEL!!! YOU JEALOUS COW!

LECHAIM!!!!!!!!!!!