1948 Arab–Israeli War

two thousand years, the Jews regained their sovereignty, through a challenging process. The Jews, which had suffered more than any other population during the Holocaust, were spread all over the world, many of them striving to recover from the World War II. The active presence of a leader that could motivate people towards a common goal of unification and the creation of a new county was essential to the Jewish people. David Ben-Gurion, leader of the Jewish community of Palestine and first…

The Arab – Israeli war was not only initiated by the Jews and the Arabs, but also the British that mandated Palestine for years. Rather than resolving the issue at hand the British decided to hand the issue over to United Nations, who had little to no clue about much of the issue. The United Nations viewing it as just any territorial dispute decided to resolve the issue, which rather than solving the issue caused a massive war and massacres. The Arab – Israeli conflict is not as difficult of an…

Suez Canal Crisis Israel Military CSM Shahzad Khan Totakhil United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 66 CO1 Martin / Mr. Santiago 10 May 2016 1956 Suez Canal Crisis: Israel Military The Born of Suez Canal The 1869 Suez Canal plan started as a cooperation between the French and the Egyptian Government (History.com, 1869). In 1854, French Diplomat, Ferdinal de Lesseps, succeeded to persuade the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, into the creation of the canal through the desert between…

Some studies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict postulate the conflict has always been rooted in the question of partition of Palestine. But a game changing event took place in the form of the six days war between Israel and three Arab states, whereupon the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians began to transform into one of colonial nature. Israel has built a number of settlements on the territories it occupied in 1967, which practically is a form of annexation. The persistence of the…

its establishment until today, the country and its neighbors have experienced a terrible conflict. Yet, opportunities to expect a stabilization or peace have already been presented. Several factors have combined their effects to give birth to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the creation of the State of Israel and the Nakba, which constituted a crucial moment. At the end of the 19th century, Europe ended the period of the establishment of nation states and began a new phase of…

The Six-Day War, a short conflict pitting Israel against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, was a decisive Israeli victory that stretched from the 5th through the 10th of June, 1967. Despite the short duration of the war, Israel greatly improved their military reputation worldwide, as well as gained significant territory within the region. While controversial in that Israel launched a preemptive strike against nations that had yet to engage, the Israeli tactics highlighted the importance of quick,…

Since 1948 a brutal feud between Israel and Palestine broke out and since then has been a never ending chain of attacks towards one another. The hopeful outcome for both nations is complete control over the holy land , which was home to Palestinian muslims, but is slowly being divided and conquered by Israeli Jews. As said by president Barack Obama "The question, then, is what kind of future Israel will look forward to. And that brings me to the subject of peace." (n. pag. How Obama Just…

implementation. The Balfour Declaration announced British support of Zionism, provided that no injustice was done to the native Arab population. The Declaration became solidified in international law when the League of Nations wrote it into the British Mandate for Palestine. While Zionist saw this as a long-awaited charter and renewed hope after the brutal years of WWI, Arabs viewed it as “simple colonialism.” Although they disagreed on the methods, time after the Mandate allowed for Labor…

The modern conflict between the Arabs and the Israelites as explained in the book had their beginnings in the early 1900’s with the Balfour Declaration as Britain promoted the idea of a Jewish homeland in Israel. This brought much uncertainty as many groups other than Palestine and Israel were watching to see what moves would be made. The official declaration of independence occurred in 1948 which led to a war between the Arabs and the…

be moved to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. From 1948 to 1949, Israel was at war with the jews that had come into their country and fought to regain independence. This lead to Israel becoming a country after the war and being accepted by the United Nations. In 1969, Israel began a war against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In the end of the war, Israel had claimed the Gaza Strip, the Sinai peninsula, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Jewish people…