1948 Arab-Israeli War

A History from Beginning to End (Palestine Israeli Conflict)

De: Hourly History

Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith

Discover the surprising history of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...
When the establishment of the State of Israel was announced on May 14, 1948, it seemed to many people that the new nation could not survive for long. The haste with which it was created meant that Israel lacked the infrastructure of government, and its armed forces consisted of little more than a handful of lightly armed former guerilla fighters. Ranged against it were some of the most powerful nations in the Arab world, including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria.

On the day after the declaration of the creation of Israel, four armies from these neighboring states launched an invasion. The invading armies had tanks, combat aircraft, and heavy artillery. The Israel Defense Force lacked all these things; its forces were outnumbered and had barely enough rifles to equip its troops. No wonder that some Arab generals told their leaders that this wouldn’t be a war but a “parade without any risks.” Most people predicted that Israel would be defeated within two weeks.

But that wasn’t how it turned out. Israel not only survived its first war—it emerged stronger and with armed forces that proved themselves to be among the most capable in the world. This is the surprising story of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

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• Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
• Birth of the State of Israel
• War and Stalemate
• The Israeli Offensive
• Final Phase
• Aftermath and Legacy
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Revisionist conclusions

As usual , the author drawers conclusions unmerited by the facts. He describes that the Arabs launched a war of destruction upon Israel, but then concludes the problems in Gaza directly are responsibility of Israel and their actions in 1948, a war of defense against occupying forces.
He completely bypasses the Egyptian role in Gaza, the relinquishment of Gaza by Egypt because of the radical elements allowed to fester within by them, and the Arab world’s insistence on not fully taking in refugees, but rather impoverishing them and using them as political fodder against Israel.

Nor does he state that in the subsequent years after 1948, Israel took in the same amount of Jewish refugees from Arab countries, as the # of Arabs who fled Israel. Nor does he state that UNRWA was authorized to exist for only three years, not for 65 years plus.
Unfortunately the Arab world planned on reconquering and obliterating Israel, as witnessed by the 1956 war, 67 war, 73 war, and all the subsequent attacks on Israel.

These are people who lost the war that they started in 1948 and cannot suffer the presence of a Jewish state. People who lose wars don’t create history, and people who start wars and keep losing are even more pathetic.