Arab–Israeli War of 1948
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The Arab–Israeli War of 1948 was the first major conflict between the newly declared State of Israel and a coalition of Arab states and Palestinian Arab forces, resulting in Israel’s establishment and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab–Israeli conflict
→
interstate conflict → war → |
| belligerent |
Arab Liberation Army
→
Egypt → Iraq → Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine → Jordan → Lebanon → Palestinian Arab irregular forces → Saudi Arabia → State of Israel → Syria → Transjordan → Yemen → volunteers from other Arab countries → |
| cause |
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
→
conflict between Zionist and Palestinian Arab national movements → end of British Mandate for Palestine → |
| conflictIn |
Gaza Strip
→
Golan Heights → Mandatory Palestine → Sinai Peninsula → State of Israel → West Bank → southern Lebanon → |
| endDate |
1949-07-20
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| followedBy |
Six-Day War
→
Suez Crisis → |
| hasAlias |
1948 Arab–Israeli War
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First Arab–Israeli War → Israeli War of Independence → Nakba → Palestinian Nakba → War of Independence → |
| hasConsequence |
demographic changes in Palestine
→
establishment of 1949 Green Line armistice boundaries → international recognition of Israel by many states → long-term Arab–Israeli conflict → ongoing dispute over right of return for Palestinian refugees → |
| hasPart |
civil war phase in Mandatory Palestine
→
interstate war phase between Israel and Arab states → |
| involves |
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
→
Palestinian exodus of 1948 → Palestinian refugees → |
| keyEvent |
1949 Armistice Agreements
→
Arab invasion of Israel on 1948-05-15 → Battle of Latrun → Deir Yassin massacre → Israeli Declaration of Independence → Lydda and Ramle exodus → Operation Danny → Operation Hiram → Operation Nachshon → siege of Jerusalem → |
| precededBy |
1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
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British Mandate for Palestine → |
| relatedTo |
British withdrawal from Palestine
→
Palestinian nationalism → United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 → Zionism → |
| result |
Israeli control over larger territory than allotted by UN partition plan
→
Israeli victory → armistice agreements between Israel and neighboring Arab states → creation of Palestinian refugee problem → displacement of large numbers of Palestinian Arabs → division of former Mandatory Palestine into Israeli-held areas, West Bank, and Gaza Strip → establishment of the State of Israel as a sovereign state → |
| startDate |
1947-11-30
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| timePeriod |
20th century
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post–World War II era → |