The 1948 Palestine War, also known as the War of Independence to Israelis (people from Israel), was a war between the new state of Israel, the east Israelian Arabs, and the other states around Israel. The war began in 1947 after the announcement (tell information) of the end of the British Mandate in Palestine (the British control of the region) and the separation of the land into two countries of the same size. By the end of the war in 1949, Israel had expanded (made bigger) its land beyond its given borders. The Arab state created in the UN Partition Plan (UN Separation Plan) never came into existence as its two largest parts of land, the Gaza Strip (small piece of land south of Palestine on the coast) and the West Bank (region east of Jerusalem and west of the Jordan River), went into the control of Egypt and Jordan one by one. The war continues to be an issue in the Middle East today. For Israelis, it shows the change from the Yishuv (the Jewish group in Palestine) to the state of Israel (even though the War of Independence took place). Other countries had to deal with the idea of loss and the difficulties of local diplomacy (arguments) caused by the creation of a special Jewish State in a highly Arab region. Palestinians remember the war as The Nakba (lit. Catastrophe (bad event), Arabic: النكبة, al-Nakba), or the war that broke up a growing nation and pushed its people away.
1947–1949 Palestine war
Questions and Answers
Q: What was the 1948 Palestine War?
A: The 1948 Palestine War was a war between the new state of Israel, the east Israeli Arabs, and the other states around Israel.
Q: When did the war begin?
A: The war began in 1947 after the announcement of the end of the British Mandate in Palestine and the separation of the land into two countries of the same size.
Q: What happened by the end of the war in 1949?
A: By the end of the war in 1949, Israel had expanded its land beyond its given borders.
Q: Did the Arab state created in the UN Partition Plan ever come into existence?
A: No, the Arab state created in the UN Partition Plan never came into existence as its two largest parts of land, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, went into the control of Egypt and Jordan one by one.
Q: Why does the war continue to be an issue in the Middle East today?
A: The war continues to be an issue in the Middle East today because it shows the change from the Yishuv to the state of Israel for Israelis, and other countries had to deal with the idea of loss and the difficulties of local diplomacy caused by the creation of a special Jewish State in a highly Arab region. Palestinians remember the war as The Nakba, which broke up a growing nation and pushed its people away.
Q: What is The Nakba?
A: The Nakba is the Arabic term for the war that broke up a growing nation and pushed its people away.
Q: Who were the Yishuv?
A: The Yishuv were the Jewish group in Palestine.