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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[Eldaruss]

Arabs is a person who despise the truth and call the historical events as "Propaganda". That's why many of them still live in stone age, hard to progress with such education.

[Westly H]

Actually this is the event of fulfillment from bible.. which is "Fig Tree" Jesus was speaking of 2nd coming christ.  1948

[gavriel47]

The Jews won the right to exist as a nation, a nation which they once had 2000 yrs ago-the evidence of this is all there. And had the arabs overrun the Jewish areas, there would've been such a bloodbath as to rival the bestiality of the Nazis. The Jews occupy their own country. And the arab refugees? What about 800,000 Jews from arab lands?

[xpto228]

A serio? Veja o que varios historiadores, muitos deles judeus, dizem sobre a criacao deste estado: Ilan Pappe descreveu a criacao deste estado como uma limpeza etnica. Avi Shlaim diz o mesmo.

Foi devido a essa limpeza etnica que os paises arabes fizeram guerra com Israel. A particao do territorio foi rejeitada pelos arabes porque dava a maior parte da terra a uma minoria. Veja tambem com os seus olhos no youtube o que tem acontecido nos colonatos e nos checkpoints. Nada a admirar neste pais.

[Amr Radwan]

would you please let me know independence from who??

[kenhagerman]

No its the Absolute.....TRUTH !!!!!!!!!

[José Santos]

sempre admirei israel, e o seu povo

país que já visitei duas vezes, aqui deixo muitas saudações

a este povo pelos 65 anos da fundação do estado

[StangeWorld0000]

This guy here : mTmVp1M64Wc

Doesn't agree with what you say about Palestinians being different from Arabs.

And I guess he knows what he's talking about...

If not him... then WHO?!