Arab-Israeli war 1947-67
contents: Zionism | Emergence of Arabism & Palestinian nationalism |
British withdrawal, establishment of Israel & 1948/9 War | 1948
"Independence/Nakba" War | The Israeli State | War of 1956 | Six Day
War of 1967
Due to the very polarised nature of this topic, users are advised to
consider carefully the provenance of the links included as well as their
content. The links included here are an attempt to provide items of value
where partiality is least. Several resources have been excluded due to their
bias obscuring the value to a historian.
1. Key Beliefs
Zionism
- Zionism -
Definition and Early History Very useful and thorough essay
on the background, key issues and analysis by Ami Isseroff for
the MidEastWeb. Links to further related articles at the end.
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Zionism (Jewish Nationalism) From Israeli-Palestinian
ProCon.org Site. Click to read a balance of important topic
documents/sources on the Question to provide material to help
come to a conclusion. Questions:
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"Theodor
Herzl and the First Zionist Congress from US NPR's The
Mideast: A Century of Conflict. A straightforward account with
an audio programme to listen to. Good links to maps, timelines,
basic bios, expert views. A good place to start.
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The Jews A facsimile copy of the David Ben Gurion article in
the Palestine Post, 15 July 1937, can be found using this index.
Emergence of
Arabism & Palestinian nationalism
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 Arab Nationalism Lecture which gives a brief, but valuable
overview of rise of Arab nationalism in north Africa and the
middle east to 1990. By Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New
England College.
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Palestinian / Arab Nationalism From Israeli-Palestinian
ProCon.org Site. Click to read a balance of important topic
documents/sources on the Question to provide material to help
come to a conclusion. Questions:
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Palestinian Statehood From Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org
Site. Click to read a balance of important topic
documents/sources on the Question to provide material to help
come to a conclusion. Questions:
2.
British withdrawal, establishment of Israel & 1948/49 war
Failure of the Mandate
- Prelude to
Statehood from History of Israel by US Library of Congress
Outline Country Study from Helen Chapin Metz, 1988. Examines in
detail the events that led to the announcement of the Israeli
State and the failure of the Mandate.
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Lost Jerusalem. Short essay by Dr Robert Carr looks at
Britain's failure to run the mandate. Useful concise overview.
Towards Nakba: The Failure of the British Mandate of Palestine
Academic Masters thesis (100+ pages) by N E Mitchell (Louisiana
Univ) looks at reasons for the failure of British policy to
create a bi-national Arab-Zionist state in Palestine- Arabs and
Jews to 1950 Overview essay by Frank E. Smitha as part of
his World History site describing events from World War II to
the creation of Israel
United Nation Partition Plan
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 UN Partition Plan Summary of UN General Assembly Resolution
181 and brief commentary with map from BBC. Click
here to read the full text of the resolution. See also
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1947 UN Partition Plan From Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org
Site. Click to read a balance of important topic
documents/sources on the Question to provide material to help
come to a conclusion. Questions:
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A State of
Inequity: The UN Partition Plan of 1947 a 12 page thesis by
Jason D. Söderblom, The Terrorism Intelligence Centre, Canberra
in which he attempts to show how the 1947 partition failed by
looking at its local & global context.
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The UN Partition of Palestine Uses a Q & A approach taking
extracts from already published works/documents to provide the
responses. Interesting as it is a non Zionist Jewish
interpretation more sympathetic to the Palestinian perspective
of events. But remember, like all printed Q&A's, the responses
are being (pre)selected by the author for you. §
US Position
1948 "Independence/Nakba" War
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War of 1948-1949 basic outline of events from OnWar.com
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1948 "Independence/Nakba" War From Israeli-Palestinian
ProCon.org Site. Click to read a balance of important topic
documents/sources on the Question to provide material to help
come to a conclusion. Questions include:
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1948 First Arab-Israeli War Outline history cross linked to
other site information from History of the Middle East Database
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War of 1948-1949 Detailed index of events from Jewish
Virtual Library
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Syria in the 1948 Palestine War Useful, illustrated article
by Joshua M Landis, Univ of Oklahoma. Conclusion especially.
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Espionage and the Zionist endeavor 2008 Jerusalem post
article reports on French documents recently released that
revealed British plans to supply weapons to Egypt, Jordan and
other Arab states prior to 1948 war. The article is lengthy but
shows clearly British duplicitly in dealings with region during
the time of the collapse of its Mandate in Palestine.
3. The Israeli
State
 The
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by
Ben Gurion-
'I
was at Israel's founding' When the State of Israel was
declared on 14 May 1948, some 200 dignitaries were invited to
the ceremony, held at the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv. Of those
present, only one, Arieh Handler, now 93, is known to still be
alive. Here he recounts his personal recollections of that
historic day. BBC report.
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History of Israel: Key events BBC page of images, each
linked to a key stage in the history of Israel. Click on a link
to watch and read key events in Israels history since its
creation in 1948.
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Arab-Israeli conflict Simple but clear visual history shown
through a series of moving maps from UK's Guardian
- Problems of
the New State from History of Israel by US Library of
Congress Outline Country Study from Helen Chapin Metz, 1988.
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Israeli Statehood From Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org Site.
Click to read a balance of important topic documents/sources on
the Question to provide material to help come to a conclusion.
Questions include:
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Background to the Israel-Palestine Crisis Useful Q & A
approach from a Palestinian, Stephen R. Shalom who teaches
political science at William Paterson University. But remember,
like all printed Q&A's, the responses are being (pre)selected by
the author for you. §
4. Wars of
1956 and 1967
1956
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 The 1956 Suez War Useful overview article from Aljazeera
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1956 Suez War Background information using a variety of
historians from Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org Site.
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Egypt 1956 War Overview article describing Egypts role in
the 1956 War. From GlobalSecurity.org
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1956 second Arab-Israeli War Outline history cross linked to
other site information from History of the Middle East Database
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1956 Olympic Boycott Over Suez Crisis About.com article on
how Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics
in Melbourne, Australia, over Israel's invasion of the Sinai and
Gaza Strip.
Six Day War of
1967
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The 1967 Six Day War from US NPR's The Mideast: A Century of
Conflict. A straightforward account with an audio programme to
listen to. Good links to maps, timelines, basic bios, expert
views. A good place to start.
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1967 "Six Day" War Background information/reference from
Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org Site. Includes Questions:
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1967 Third Arab-Israeli War Outline history cross linked to
other site information from History of the Middle East Database
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How 1967 defined the Middle East BBC page with excellent
links to maps, further articles and analysis.
 Six
Days that Changed the Middle East audio download in which
The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen explores the causes,
the events and the unfinished business of the 1967 War
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Mapping the war Chart how the conflict progressed on a
day-by-day basis from the BBC
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Israel's Decision to Go to War: June 2, 1967 Shows the
conflict and divide between the Israeli political and military
groups and the army's mistrust of the civilian leadership. 2007
Ami Gluska academic article from Middle East Review.
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The 1967 War and the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and
Gaza Uses a Q & A approach taking extracts from already
published works/documents to provide the responses. Interesting
as it is a non Zionist Jewish interpretation more sympathetic to
the Palestinian perspective of events. But remember, like all
printed Q&A's, the responses are being (pre)selected by the
author for you. §
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1967 UN Resolution 242 From Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org
Site. Click to read a balance of important topic
documents/sources on the Question to provide material to help
come to a conclusion. Questions:
Part II: 1947-67 Consequences and Camp David (on a separate page)
Click to be taken to the section:
The casahistoria core Middle East pages:
British Mandate in Palestine
The Arab Israeli conflict, 1947-78
The British in Mesopotamia/Iraq
Iraq, Hussein, the West & War
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