1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the "War of Independence" (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) by Israelis and "al Nakba" (Arabic: النكبة, "the catastrophe") by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. It established the state of Israel as an independent state, dividing the remaining areas of the British Mandate of Palestine into areas controlled by Egypt and Transjordan.

External links

• 101 Squadron, Israel's first fighter squadron
• Legal Status of West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem
• About the War of Independence
• United Nations: System on the Question of Palestine
• Palestinian viewpoint
• Israeli viewpoint
• PLO position
• Christian Zionist viewpoint
• World Zionist Organisation
• The BBC on the UN Partition Plan
• The BBC on the Formation of Israel
• Maps
• Maps
• Encounter
• Maps 1
• Maps 2
• Israeli perspective
• Palestinian perspective
• Myths and Facts
• Interview with Israeli historian Benny Morris
• Cambridge University course on the war

Maps

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• Zionist military operations outside the UN-proposed Jewish state December 1947 - May 14, 1948
• Zionist military operations inside the UN-proposed Jewish state December 1947 - May 14, 1948
• Area controlled by Israel when independence was declared
• Arab invasion May 15, 1948
• Israeli military operations May 15 - 11 June, 1948
• Israeli military operations July 8 - 18, 1948
• Israeli military operations July 18, 1948 - November 1948
• Operation AYIN December 22, 1948 - January 7, 1949