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العربية
Contemporary era · 1948 – 1949

1948 Arab–Israeli War

Israel declares independence on 14 May 1948 as the British Mandate ends, and neighboring Arab states go to war. About 700,000 Palestinians flee or are expelled from their homes, an event Palestinians call the Nakba (“catastrophe”).

Map of the 1949 armistice lines
Map of the 1949 armistice lines · Mr. Edward J. Krasnoborski and Mr. Frank Martini, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy Honza.havlicek ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1948 – 1949
Where
Israel and Palestine
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Israeli–Palestinian conflict1917 – todayEgypt2,800 BCE – todayIsrael1,457 BCE – todayLebanon332 BCE – today

People

Before and after

Treaty of Dunkirk1947 – 1997Berlin Blockade1948 – 1949Show on timeline

Sources: 1948 Arab–Israeli War, الحرب العربية الإسرائيلية 1948

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