Chapter 12. Israel鈥檚 War of Independence, 1947鈥9Yehoshua BenArieh
the regular armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq invaded the country, forcing Israel to defend the sovereignty it had regained in its ancestral homeland. In what became known as Israel's War of Independence, the newly formed, poorly equipped...
Both Sides of the Same Coin: Two Atlantans in Israel's War of Independence Southern Jewish HistoryKatz, Jeremy
Israel has no written constitution, but it does have extended constitutional arrangements, namely, the Basic Laws, constitutional rulings of the Supreme Court and the binding norms that have evolved over the years. Therefore, a “working” constitution exists in the material (essential) sense, that...
"This fight is about the existence of the State of Israel, I call it personally, our second independence war, and we must win," Hazan told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia." Asked aboutIsraeli warplanes' bombarding the Gaza Strip, where 2.2 million Palestinians live, the ambassador said: "Israel ...
However, the Arabs rejected the Partition Plan bothverbally, and by their deeds: the next morning 5 Arab armies invaded the land of Israel, thereby setting in motion theWar of Independence. Still, at 4pm on Friday, Ben Gurion did not know that 5 Arab armies were going to attack the next...
Israelis and Palestinians have different names for what academics refer to as the War of 1948. Israelis call it the War of Independence, or Milchemet Haatzmaut. This references the result of the war, which in the end secured the establishment of the State of Israel. For Palestinians, it is...
became known as Israel's War of Independence, the newly formed, poorly equipped Israel Defense Forces (IDF) repulsed the invaders in fierce intermittent fighting, which lasted some 15 months and claimed over 6,000 Israeli lives (nearly one percent of the country's Jewish population at the ...
"This year, we mark a different Independence Day," President Isaac Herzog said during a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday. "These days we are full of the pain of bereavement, pain for the wounded, the pain for civilians uprooted from their homes, the pain for ...
The National Anthem of Israel (Listen) The National Anthem of Israel (Read about) IntroductionIsrael Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the...