A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war s political dimensions. Policy congressional research service summary after the first gulf war, in 1991, a new peace process consisting of bilateral negotiations between israel and the palestinians, jordan, syria, and lebanon achieved mixed results. Not all observers reckon this as a war, which accounts for the fact that some refer to the october war of 1973 as the fourth and others as the fifth arab israeli war. It began after the end of the british mandate for palestine, at midnight on 14 may 1948. United states middle east policy and united nations deliberations. A guide to the arabisraeli conflict jewish virtual library. Written by selina kaur rai arab israeli war was a highly complex conflict with its origins going as far back as biblical times.
The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6, 1973, on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan, the month of fasting in islam, and. Israels war of independence unpacked for educators. During may and june 1948, when the fighting was most intense, the outcome of this first arab israeli war was in doubt. The wall dividing abu dis, near jerusalem 2004 photo rexhh introduction. During the weeks of danger preceding the sixday war, jewry throughout the world rallied to israels aid. Fortyfive years since the october war in 1973, israel still occupies palestinian territories and syrian golan heights. The 1967 arab israeli war origins and consequences. Soviet policy and the 1967 arab israeli war memorandum to recipients the course of events befwe, during, and after the arab ismeli war of 1967 pvides a apse srrcdy of the dilemmas and dangers which raise when the soviet union seeks to implement its basic middle fist strategy of support for the arab mtionalist movements. May 04, 2008 the history of the 1948 war desperately needs to be told, since its so barely understood or remembered and since so many of the issues that plague us today had their roots in that struggle.
On the other side of the conflict, however, israel developed into a regional superpower after the 1967 war. The 1967 arabisraeli war journal of palestine studies. Please use the following information, links and sources to learn more about the anglofrench attack on the suez canal and the israeli. The status of jewish citizens in arab states worsened during the 1948 israeli arab war. The suezsinai war 1956 arab israeli warssuezsinai war of 1956. Rosenberg, jeff rubin, eric rozenman, lenny davis and joel.
By midoctober, arab forces in the war zones rose to about 55,000, including up to 5,000 palestine liberation force irregulars. Politics, charity, and terrorism in the service of jihad by matthew levitt, the yom kippur war. The first arabisraeli war, but all of morris other works. Would israel, a tiny, fledgling country, defeat these armies. The sixday war was a brief but bloody conflict fought in june 1967 between israel and the arab states of egypt, syria and jordan. Arab israeli 1967 war, sixday war, principles of war 15. The first page of the pdf of this article appears above. Early arab writing on the war usually polemic or apologetic memoirs. Israel still has peace treaties with only two arab states, egypt and jordan. Arab israeli war was a highly complex conflict with its origins going as far back as biblical times. Holocaust studies and the intellectual history of the arabislamic world. What were the causes and consequences of the 1948 arab.
The major causes of the arabisraeli conflict were foreign interference, nationalism and the collapse of the ottoman empire. This history of the foundational war in the arab israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. To summarise, having analysed zionism, arab nationalism and british foreign policy as three key causes of the 1948 arab israeli war, as well as three major consequences of the war, this essay can conclude that the 1948 arab israeli war was a highly complex conflict with its origins going as far back as biblical times. The israeli declaration of independence had been issued earlier that day. At the khartoum summit ofaugust 1967 the arahs issued their three noes. The sixday war and its impact on arab and israeli conflict.
It forced the nixon administration to realize that arab frustration over israels unwillingness to withdraw from the territories it had occupied in 1967 could have. In six days, the israelis defeated the arab armies of. The june 1967 arab israeli war lasted only six days but its consequences are still felt across the middle east today. That fairminded, impartial balancing of arab and jewish standpoints is what distinguishes not only 1948. Israeli war, known to israelis as the war of independence hebrew. Sixday war had proven israeli military superiority and. Victories that strike like lightning, if you can win themlike the victories of israeli arms in 1956 and 1967. Sheila segal, wolf blitzer, alan tigay, moshe decter, m. Israeli and the egyptian armies had been pitted against each other for some three years. With the exception of the britishtrained arab legion of transjordan, most of the arab troops were ill prepared for battle. Lessonlesson 2 the arabisraeli conflictthe arabisraeli. This war was a decisive proving ground for new weapons, new methods and new military strategies in many fields.
Unwilling to return to what national security advisor walter rostow called the tenuous chewing gum and string arrangements. Arabisraeli wars, series of military conflicts between israeli and various arab forces, most notably in 194849, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and 2006. From box now you can refight the battles that determined the fate of nations. Yom kippur war, also called the october war, the ramadan war, or the fourth arab israeli war, damaging inconclusive war and the fourth of the arab israeli wars. The fundamental cause of the yom kippur war was the diplomatic impasse thai followed the sixday war. The 1948 or first arabisraeli war was the second and final stage of the 194749 palestine war. Indeed, the whole strategy and theory of modern airdefence was tested in a brutal. In six days, the israelis defeated the egyptian, syrian and jordanian armies, seizing large portions of their territories. The 1967 arab israeli war transformed tiny israel into a regional superpower. The first arabisraeli war, recounted the arabisraeli war of 1948. The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6, 1973, on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan, the. The impacts of the first and second world war contributed to the foreign policy of the british in handing over the palestine. A study of the conflict from the perspective of coercion in the context of inter arab and big power relations.
In fact, the arab rulers had territorial designs on palestine and were no more anxious than the zionists to see a palestinian state emerge. The divided, poorly led, and illequipped palestinians were no match for the zionists. First israel was managed by the british mandate, and later it was manipulated by the us and the su. Senker, c 2005, the arab israeli conflict, black rabbit books, north mankato, mi. The military forces of egypt, israel, jordan, and syria are yours to commandcan you lead them to. These include israels war of independence and the palestinian nakbah, the suez crisis, the sixday war, the yom kippur war, and two wars in lebanon. Pdf social mobilization in the arabisraeli war of 1948. This study analyzes the problems that beset israel in the aftermath of its decisive victory in the six day war over the arabs. The 1967 arab israeli sixday war provides the operational commander with an excellent opportunity to examine the importance of the application, or misapplication, of the principles of war in a conflict.
Sutherlin university of louisiana, monroe united states of america from the opening gambit, benny morris, a professor of history in the middle east studies department of ben. In this special file, fanack presents indepth insight into several topics concerning the conflict, including arab israeli negotiations, arab israeli wars, palestinian refugees, and israeli settlements. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war s. The sixday war and its impact on arab and israeli conflict 91 the palestinians remain without land and a viable state and appear to be making little progress. This played into israeli bands and when colda meir became israel s first female prime minister in 1969 she obdu. Battles that were mammoth struggles for crossroads and passes and battles that were pinprick raids. Today, however, the arab israeli conflict no longer exists. The 19471949 palestine war, known in israel as the war of independence hebrew. Buy the print book check if you have access via personal or institutional login. Arabisraeli conflict in cold war context 19481993 wallersteins capitalist world systems may apply conflict between native palestinians and israelis was characterized by the involvement of hegemonic powers.
Antijewish riots erupted throughout the arab world in december 1947, and jewish communities were hit particularly hard in aleppo and britishcontrolled aden, with hundreds of dead and injured. I would like to acknowledge the contributions of the distinguished group of past editors. The arabisraeli war of 1948 broke out when five arab nations invaded territory in the former palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of israel on may 14, 1948. Pdf the israeliarab war of 1948 yoav gelber academia. Here we bring together its impact on israel and on the jewish communities in the arab countries. When israel officially declared independence on may 1948, the surrounding arab armies invaded and war broke out. Within days, arab league declares war and invades israel. Palestinian refugees in 1948 photo unrwa photo archive.
Professor michael marrus of the university of toronto calls achcars book essential reading for anyone who seeks a balanced understanding of the. On november 29, 1947, the united nations voted to split the middle eastern land called palestine into two independent nations. It is the first war of the israeli palestinian conflict and the broader arab israeli conflict. The 1948 or first arab israeli war was the second and final stage of the 194749 palestine war. But clement attlee and bevin had already decided, in principle, in a teteatete on 27 december 1946, that in the new.
Palestine and the arabisraeli conflict menara project. Mandate runs out, but the country is war weary and out of money. By contrast, israeli troops grew to about 100,000, and about a quarter of. In any event, a major transition in the middle east came on 28 september 1970, when president nasser died. Following the war of 19481949, this land was divided into three parts. The june 1967 war was a watershed moment in the history of the mod ern middle east. Read the arabisraeli conflict free essay and over 89,000 other research documents. It formally began following the end of the british mandate for palestine at midnight on 14 may 1948.
However, in addition to the military course of the war, and its formative and revolutionary. The major causes of the arab israeli conflict were foreign interference, nationalism and the collapse of the ottoman empire. Referred to by israelis as the war of independence the israeli state was proclaimed on 14 may. The palestine war has been by far the most important military encounter in the history of the arab israeli conflict. The actions of these nations were detrimental to the relations between arabs and israelis and contributed to the arab israeli conflict. Arabisraeli war of narratives, a monumental study that contributes to two fi elds simultaneously. The june 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern middle east. Britain and the arabisraeli war of 1948 journal of. Morris explores the political and military aspects of the conflict as. This book examines the origins of the war and its progression through two distinct stages. Two veteran scholars of the middle east bring together some of the most knowledgeable experts in. Holocaust studies and the intellectual history of the arab islamic world. Moscows policy record in the middle eiast is mixad.