HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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the United States
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neighboring Arab countries
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the major nations of Europe
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the countries belonging to the United Nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -This action was followed by the invasion of the former Palestinian mandate by Arab armies from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia sent a formation that fought under the Egyptian command.
Detailed explanation-2: -Approximately 100, 000 Palestinian Arabs had fled to Arab parts of Palestine, such as Gaza, Beersheba, Haifa, Nazareth, Nablus, Jaffa and Bethlehem. Some had left the country altogether, to Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. Other sources speak of 30, 000 Palestinian Arabs.
Detailed explanation-3: -When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine. The League of Nations issued a British mandate for Palestine-a document that gave Britain administrative control over the region, and included provisions for establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine-which went into effect in 1923.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Israel, the war is remembered as its War of Independence. In the Arab world, it came to be known as the Nakbah (or Nakba; “Catastrophe”) because of the large number of refugees and displaced persons resulting from the war.
Detailed explanation-5: -Israel. Mahal volunteers (1947–1949) United Kingdom. (1956 Suez Crisis) France. (1956 Suez Crisis) Free Lebanon State (1978–1984) South Lebanon Army (1984–2000)