1948 warIsrael War Veterans LeagueThis article deals with the characteristics of postwar reconstruction in the State of Israel at the end of the 1948 war and during the early 1950s, focusing on the patterns and priorities of reconstruction of society as a whole and the rehabilitation of veteran...
Israel's 1948 War for Independence and the Legendary Burma Road: With Danny Herman, Erick Stakelbeck. On this week's episode, host Erick Stakelbeck travels to Israel to tour the legendary "Burma Road" bypass that the Israeli military used to help win the
In the past 15 years, I’ve been to Israel seven times and taught in religious and public schools. Life in Israel is never black and white. When you combine history, religion, culture and land rights — mix them together in a land area a bit bigger than New Jersey — it is impossible...
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known by Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation was the first in a series of wars fought between the State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict. The war commenced upon the termination of the British ...
Tamir Libel examines the Israel Defense Force (IDF), the Operational Theory Research Institute (OTRI), and its failure. OTRI enjoyed not only unique tasking and a large budget in Israeli terms, but also an exceptional staff. It included retired combat officers, some of whom held advanced ...
In 1948, Israel was declared independent by the United Nations. David Ben Gurion became the first Prime Minister of Israel. UN presented a plan for the partition of Palestine to form Israel. The image below shows the Israel map as per the UN plan and today ...
Israel was formed by a United Nations resolution requiring no displacement of people [“Disparate views on the war in Israel,” Oct. 11]. It was not colonization. Displacement occurred when the Arab world rejected the two-state solution and attacked Israel in 1948. During and after the war,...
The blast in Gaza City — which Palestinian leaders and neighboring Arab nations quickly blamed on Israel — severely complicated what was already a challenging diplomatic mission for Mr. Biden amid escalating tension in the region and fears the Israel and Hamas conflict could spread. ...
Israel has not sought war since its creation in 1948, the president insisted. "We are peace seekers. We went to peace with our neighbours time and time again. Unfortunately, it all started on the 7th of October when a proxy of Iran, Hamas, led an unbelievably brutal massacre against Israe...
in the coastal enclave has topped 45,000, according to Gaza-based health authorities. Meanwhile, the UN estimates that 1.9 million people out of the total population of about 2.2 million have been displaced in Gaza since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023...