HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Arabs
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Jews
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Germans
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Israelis
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Detailed explanation-1: -On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.
Detailed explanation-3: -The UN Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations that recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish States. It was rejected by the Palestinians, leading to a civil war and the end of the British Mandate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although formally still part of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine was under British military occupation since December 1917.