The Israeli War of Independence, 1948
- Jews move to Israel because of holocaust and persecution
- Arabs protest the Balfour Declaration - British fail to give Jews land and hands the problem over to the U.N in 1947 - Arab groups attack Jews - Jews retaliate under David Ben-Gurion and attack the Arab countries - Jews win more territory - Many Palestinians become refugees |
Israeli’s first war of independence helped Israel gain even more land from the little they had in the beginning
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