Officially there have been seven Arab-Israeli Wars, the first being the Israeli War of Independence in 1948 and the latest being the Second Persian Gulf War in 1991. However, the Six-Day War, as it is called, in 1967, saw Israel expand its territory in the Middle East after attacked ...
Israel's War of Independence against its Arab neighbours, the inevitable 'round two', the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Six Day War of 1967, the Yom Kippur wars of 1973 and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 are all detailed in this fascinating chronicle of war in the Middle East. (...
Haddad comes from a Christian Arab family, originally from Haifa, “the largest mixed city.” His grandfather chose not to flee during the War of Independence of 1948. “He was more determined to stay on his land than he was afraid of what he was hearing from extremist voices telling Arabs...
Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel, was involved in every conflict involving Israel and its Arab neighbors from before the 1948 War of Independence. The Arab-Israeli Wars is Herzog’s acclaimed history of Israel’s fight since 1947 to preserve her existence against repeated attacks. Revised...
Tensions between Israel and the Arabs have been complicated and heightened by the political, strategic, and economic interests in the area of the great powers. The 1948–49 War Although Israel's independence on May 14, 1948, triggered the first full-scale war, armed conflicts between Jews and...
Tracing the development of hostilities in the Middle East, this book covers the period from the establishment of the first proper Israeli Air Force in 1948 to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Israel's War of Independence against its Arab neighbours, the inevitable 'round two', the ...
Second, dictators who fight and lose a war are likely to suffer domestic political punishments from mass audiences. Major defeats, such as those suffered during the Israeli War for Independence and the Six Day War, weaken the dictatorship's repressive apparatus, making it easier for the domestic...
In May, 1948, the Jewish inhabitants of British Mandatory Palestine declared independence as the new State of Israel. Immediately, war broke out, as the armies of the Arab nations of Egypt, Transjordan (now called Jordan), Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq all invaded Israel. Local Ara...
Israeli Arabs are Palestinians who stayed put during the 1948 Israel's Independence War. They often complain lack of job opportunities, racism, and are discriminated against in health, transportation, and education services. They make up about 20 percent of the Israeli population and are rarely inv...
Israel's Arab minority are the descendants of Palestinians who stayed put during the 1948 Israel's Independence War. They comprise some 20 percent of the Israeli population.