THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They supported it fully.
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They rejected it as unfair to them.
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They were unaffected by the new state.
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They agreed to work with the Jews even though they didn’t like the new state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -69.6% of the Arabs did not accept Israel’s right to exist as a state that retains a Jewish majority. 82.2% of the Arab respondents accused the Jews of [perpetuating] the Nakba.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948, the fighting intensified with other Arab forces joining the Palestinian Arabs in attacking territory in the former Palestinian mandate. On the eve of May 14, the Arabs launched an air attack on Tel Aviv, which the Israelis resisted.
Detailed explanation-3: -The partition of Palestine and its aftermath The violent birth of Israel led to a major displacement of the Arab population, who either were driven out by Zionist military forces before May 15, 1948, or by the Israeli army after that date or fled for fear of violence by these forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Arab Israeli War in 1948 obliterated the Palestinian landscape, destroyed 531 villages, uprooted 800, 000 people, and resulted in millions of Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP). killed and women were raped and burned alive in front of their families.
Detailed explanation-5: -During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, around 10, 000 Jews were forced to evacuate their homes in Palestine or Israel. The war indirectly created a second, major refugee problem, the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands.