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 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
•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
•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
•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
Is there a way that would have made the Arabs happy?
Summary
Since the Holocaust many people fled to Israel, they were turned away again. The british falls out of favour with the Jewish so they hand the problem over to the U.N. Hearing that they were going to be attacked the Jewish decided to fight back first they win and increase their territory from the partition to the Negev dessert. This started the palestines terrorist attacks on Israel.