was repeatedly being tried to be cut off by the Arabian forces to prevent Jews of

Jerusalem getting to the coast. 14th may 1948 ‘ Ben Gurion announced Israelis existence

and the neighbouring Arab governments responded with war. 30000 Arab soldiers then

invaded Palestine and although they outnumbered the Jews, lack of organisation between

the Arabs and distrust with the leaders caused them to fail. King Abdullah of Jordan had

overall control. He wanted to control Jerusalem and the west bank. His forces fought for

the areas but lost as the Israelis resisted fiercely with the support of the US and soviet

On 11th June, UN arranged a month long truce. 7 July truce ended. On the 17th of July,

another truce was announced, but this truce ended when Israeli troops attacked Egyptian

Forces. Israel took the coastal strip between tel aviv and Gaza and drove Arab forces out

of northern Palestine. By early 1949, Israel controlled all of Palestine, except for the

Gaza strip and the west bank Arab armies were forced to admit defeat. On the 24th of

February 1949, an armistice agreement was signed betwee

o From the Israel p.o.v there was no longer any danger of attack from Egypt

billion, cancellation of all war debts and control of the Kuwait

victory, thus the US delayed the dispatch of arms

dependence on US economic and military aid.

members of the Rejectionist front was fiercely opposed to

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