WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The conflict triggered significant demographic change throughout the Middle East. Around 700, 000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes in the area that became Israel, and they became Palestinian refugees in what they refer to as the Nakba ("the catastrophe").

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The first war (1948–49) began when Israel declared itself an independent state following the United Nations’ partition of Palestine. Protesting this move, five Arab countries-Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria-attacked Israel. The conflict ended with Israel gaining considerable territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -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 divided into 3 parts: the State of Israel, the West Bank (of the Jordan River), and the Gaza Strip.