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was repeatedly being tried to be cut off by the Arabian forces to prevent Jews of
Jerusalem getting to the coast. 14th may 1948 ‘ Ben Gurion announced Israelis existence
and the neighbouring Arab governments responded with war. 30000 Arab soldiers then
invaded Palestine and although they outnumbered the Jews, lack of organisation between
the Arabs and distrust with the leaders caused them to fail. King Abdullah of Jordan had
overall control. He wanted to control Jerusalem and the west bank. His forces fought for
the areas but lost as the Israelis resisted fiercely with the support of the US and soviet
On 11th June, UN arranged a month long truce. 7 July truce ended. On the 17th of July,
another truce was announced, but this truce ended when Israeli troops attacked Egyptian
Forces. Israel took the coastal strip between tel aviv and Gaza and drove Arab forces out
of northern Palestine. By early 1949, Israel controlled all of Palestine, except for the
Gaza strip and the west bank Arab armies were forced to admit defeat. On the 24th of
February 1949, an armistice agreement was signed between
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would pretend to be interested in separating the 2 sides and
would send troops to the canal.
o For months he blocked the Oslo II plan for the Israeli forces to pull out of most of
Hebron.
o In April 1996, Israeli troops invaded Southern Lebanon and & a million people
became temporary refugees.
- This action was a turning point in history as Peres was less popular and
lost the 1996 election but if Rabin were still alive he would have kept
Labour in government.
France also stopped selling arms to Israel.
§ After the Likud came into power in1977, there was a change in
policy whereby Israelis were also encouraged to settle in areas not
related to security concerns. Some turned to a new group known as the Hamas
that was founded in 1988.
- After the war a government commission was set up to
consider why the army had been so badly prepared, headed
by Shimon Agranat.
- Negotiations became deadlocked however a significant step
had been taken towards peace as both he Arabs and Israel
accepted the resolution in principle. On
the 5th of November, UK and France seized the mouth of
the Suez Canal at Port Said and began advancing.
- Israel formally withdrew from Lebanon in 1985.
- As the PLO“s diplomatic initiative had fallen short of Israeli demands for
negotiations, so too did Israel“s peace initiative fall short of Palestinian
demands. This contributed to a feeling in Israel that the peace agreements weren“t
working.
Israel–s Relations with the Superpowers
- The USA had been a long supporter of Israel due to the
strength of her domestic Jewish Lobby, resulting in Israel“s
dependence on US economic and military aid. Following a number of changes the proposal renamed the Arab
league at the 12th Arab summit conference in Fez, Morocco ratified the
Fez Plan on the 9th September 1982.
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