Going back to 1947: The U.N Partition plan for the division of Palestine is shown below:
The Palestinians refused to accept this partitioning. The first phase of the war officially starts the day after the UN General Assembly took vote over this plan on May 14th 1947.
Quickly fighting took place among the Jewish and Arab communities in Palestine. In the first two months there were already 2000+ casualties. As January arrived in 1948, the battles become much more militarized and neighboring Arab allies joined the Arab forces. The Arab forces were now composed of Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Liberation Army.
The war was divided into five phases due to temporary truces that took place. During each phase the Israeli military, determined, worked on building up numbers. By the fifth and last phase, every 6th Israeli was enlisted.
The end result was a victory for Israel and hundreds of thousands of Arab refugees which were expelled from their homes.
"Israel views the 1948 refugees as hostile persons sympathetic with a belligerent aggressor."
Refugee camp in lebanon:
So while this war resulted in forcing many Arab Palestinians to find a home elsewhere in the neighboring countries, it also marks the day of Independence which is heavily celebrated in Israel as the sheer determination and dedication of all the Israeli Zionists who fought to claim Israel.
In my opinion, if the Jews weren't underestimated by the neighboring countries, they could've each committed more forces in order to defeat the Jews and end the war in an earlier phase. But that was obviously not the case.
-Roy B
http://www.mideastweb.org/refugees1.htm
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/arab-israeli-war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestine_war
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/arab-israeli-war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day
Maybe they should celebrate a creation day more so than an independence day.
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ReplyDelete'Israel views the 1948 refugees as hostile persons sympathetic with a belligerent aggressor.'"
This is a quite fascinating quote; I have never heard of any country deeming refugees as hostile persons. Where did you find this quote? Also, the picture of the refugee camp in Lebanon under this passage leaves me speechless.
http://www.mideastweb.org/refugees1.htm
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