1967 Six-Day War Hopes for another decade of relative tranquillity were dashed with the escalation of Arab terrorist raids across the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, persistent Syrian artillery bombardment of agricultural settlements in northern Galilee and massive military build-ups by the neighboring Ar...
Israel's Arab minority are Palestinians who stayed put during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War that broke out in the wake of the Israeli declaration of its independence. They make up about 20 percent of the population in the country.■
The Israel-Hamas War is the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas, that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an assault on Israel that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel.
In early 1949 the Israeli army advanced over 150 miles (240 km) from rear bases atBeʾer Shevaʿ(Beersheba) across the then roadless Negev and reached Israel’s Red Sea coast at the site of Elat on March 10, 1949. This was the last operation of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948–49...
An estimated 700,000 Palestinians, a majority of the prewar population, fled or were expelled from what is now Israel in the months before and during the war, in which Jewish fighters fended off an attack by several Arab states. The Palestinians packed their belongings, piling into cars, ...
The rallies demand the return of Palestinian refugees who were forced to leave their cities during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, as well as lifting the blockade Israel has imposed since 2007. In addition to al-Najjar, more than 120 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers since the ...
put during the 1948 war and became citizens after the statehood of Israel. They enjoy full citizenship but frequently face racism and discrimination in all areas of life, including fewer job opportunities, less access to health and education, and less public budgets for infrastructure in Arab ...
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs: Con Tim Pigott-Smith, King Hussein, Shimon Peres, Abba Eban. Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, viol
The attacks were unprecedented in tactics and scale as Israel has not faced its adversaries in street battles on its own territory since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It has also never faced a terror attack of this magnitude that has taken the lives of so many civilians. While Hamas has kidnap...
The funerals came on a day Palestinians call “The Catastrophe” or “Nakba,” in memory of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who were driven from or left their homes during the 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli war. Shops in Gaza were closed and people could be heard talking about the dead. Image...