Events Surrounding the Independence of the State of Israel (1947-1949)
- Why did the British Mandate end?
- What did the British do for Jordan at the end of the Mandate?
- What was the role of the United Nations?
- Why did the Arabs reject the UN plan?
- When was the modern State of Israel Founded?
- What is the legal basis for the State of Israel?
- What countries recognized the State of Israel?
- Why did the United States immediately recognize the State of Israel?
- How did neighboring Arab countries react?
- How did Arabs within the British Mandate territory react?
- Who started the War of Independence?
- What was the course of the War of Independence?
- What happened at Lod and Ramle in July 1948?
- How did the War of Independence end?
- Who killed the UN official Count Folke Bernadotte?
- What was the status of Jerusalem at the end of the War of Independence?
- What about Israeli atrocities against Arabs?
- What about Arab atrocities against Jews?
- What happened at Dir Yassin?
- Why did Arabs leave the new State of Israel?
- What happened to the Arab refugees from Israel?
- Doesn’t UN Resolution 194 give the Arab refugees a right of return to Israel?
- Why did Jews go to Israel from other Middle Eastern countries?
- What happened to the Jewish refugees from Middle Eastern countries?
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