Ch3 the first arab-israeli war 1948-9

Question 1

what do israelis refer to the 1948 war as

Answer 1

israelis war for independance

Question 2

how did this war shape up

Answer 2

three phases of fighting, inbetween UN mandated ceasefires

Question 3

overall aim of the 1948 war

Answer 3

to destroy the state of israel and gain religious sites & land back
money
power
prestige

Question 4

more individual aims of the 1948 war

transjordan syria + egypt

Answer 4

Transjordan wants jeruselam & west bank
Syria wants lebanon & galam heights
Egypt wants gaza

Question 5

phase 1 of fighting - may to june 1948

Answer 5

new state of israel is proclaimed
armed forces invade from every which way

israelis werent rly a match for the arab legion but hung onto west jerusalem

Question 6

phase 2 of fighting - july 1948

Answer 6

israelis gained land leading to jerusalem & arabs gained old city

Question 7

IDF was what and when

Answer 7

israeli defence force introduced during the second truce in autumn 1948

made up of members of the haganah and the stern gang

Question 8

phase 3 of fighting - oct 1948 to jan 1949

Answer 8

israel broke against their own ceasefire, attacking egyptian army back into their own country

Question 9

final ceasefire called + body count

Answer 9

jan 1949

6,000 lives lost, but israel had successfully held onto their state

Question 10

israel left the war with a few armistices reached

Answer 10

egypt transjordan syria

notable: partioned jerusalem with transjordan, land between syria and israel was deemed demilitarised

Question 11

suffering of palestinian arabs

Answer 11

over 700,000 arabs displaced - the start of the refugee issue
6,000 lives lsot (1% of pop)

gained 24% of palestine that hadn’t been given to them by the UN

Question 12

arab beliefs about the differing

Answer 12

arabs think the israelis created the probem, and the refugees had the right to reutrn home or be otherwise compensated

israelis belived the arabs had caused this issue by invading + starting the war

Question 13

move by the israelis following the war to modernise

Answer 13

pass the law of retun that means any jews in the world has the right to become a citizen of israel
in 4 years the popualtion had doubled

more money towards the IDF
help from US financial aid

Question 14

arab legion

Answer 14

the army of transjordan, the best arab army rly

Question 15

nakba

Answer 15

arabic word meaning catastrophe or disaster used to describe the war + the following refugee issue

Question 16

arab league

Answer 16

est in 1945 to represent the arab states

members were egypt iraq transjordan lebanon saudi arabia + syria