His family fled to Lebanon during Israel’s 1948 war for independence. The White House said on Tuesday that US officials see no indications that Hamas militants are refusing to release American ...

Israeli-Jewish historian Ilan Pappe, an advocate of Palestinian rights, looks at the pro-Israel lobby in the US and UK – and ...

On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was created, sparking the first Arab-Israeli War. The war ended in 1949 with Israel’s victory, but 750,000 Palestinians were displaced, and the territory was ...

Kings and Generals First Arab - Israeli War 1948 | COLD WAR Posted: March 6, 2025 | Last updated: March 23, 2025 Previously in our animated historical documentary series on modern warfare we have ...

By the end of the 1948 war, Israel had driven out more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs or 70 per cent of Palestine's Arab population in what became known as Al-Nakba.

This declaration was met with opposition from many Palestinians, leading to a full-scale war. Surrounding Arab nations intervened in the conflict. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Israeli forces ...

and then – in 1948 – for Israel’s desperate four-aircraft air force in its war against five Arab armies. “He was swaggering and macho, like Indiana Jones,” Reubens says. “He felt like ...

In this capacity, he succeeded in achieving an initial truce during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and laid the groundwork for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the ...