Data was gathered from a variety of literary sources, but much of the material and interpretation was based on the authors personal experience as the operations officer of the united. This history of the foundational war in the arab israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. The war started on the holiest day in the jewish calendar, yom kippur. Egypt, transjordan with the britishcommanded arab legion, syria, iraq, and lebanon invaded israel on 15 may 1948 with the stated goal of destroying the new israeli state and restoring palestine as an arab state. The 1948 war was caused by a number of international and intraregional factors intertwining to create a complex situation and catalyst for war hurewitz 1952, p. Benny morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened israeli and western documentation. It continued to build israeli settlements in strategic locations and in 1981 applied israeli law to the area. The arabisraeli war of 1973, referred to as the yom kippur war by the israelis, and the ramadan war by the arabs was between egypt and syria on one side and israel on the other.
Mandate runs out, but the country is war weary and out of money. The first arab israeli war had entered a new phase. Weapons and vehicles of the arabisraeli wars stevens. The israeli af in the yom kippur war by raanan weiss sized usletter, softcover, english text and captions, 192 pages, 800 colour and bw images, over 25 colour profiles, including maps and losskillarmament tables this new book by raanan weiss is the ultimate and most comprehensive daybyday account of the yom kippur war during october 1973, based on official idfaf internal documents. Nassers decision to send egyptian forces into sinai was a political one, which the armed forces were unable to execute. Israel has been involved in a number of wars and largescale military operations, including. Lessonlesson 2 the arabisraeli conflictthe arabisraeli. Roger louis and avi shlaim frontmatter more information notes on contributors tew. Sutherlin university of louisiana, monroe united states of america from the opening gambit, benny morris, a professor of history in. The war commenced when the british terminated its mandate over palestine and the jewish community immediately declared independence on may 15, 1948, of a new state israel. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war s political dimensions. The arabisraeli 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.
Indeed, all major israeli academic institutions, certainly. A weaker adversary can match his strengths against the weaknesses of a superior foe in a conventional conflict to attain strategic success. The arab israeli wars are considered to be a series of conflict between israeli and various arab forces, most notably from 1948 through 1982. The involvement of israeli academic institutions in the occupation takes many forms and scopes, and not all israeli academic institutions can be said to be involved on the same scale.
What were the causes and consequences of the 1948 arab. Ussrs confirmation of bad intelligence is often cited as the immediate cause of war. Background t he six day war was the culmination of a series of crises in the middle east, mainly focused on israel, though also reflecting the struggle for geostrategic position among the various arab powers. By the 1956 war the israelis had shermans with flail scorpion mineclearing sweeps and bulldozer tanks fitted with m1 bulldozer blades. Lastly, it examines the implications that israels evergrowing cooperation with india will have for the mideast naval balance. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the wars political dimensions. In human terms, the war of independence was israels costliest war, with over 6,000 israelis were killed and 15,000 wounded. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading israels way of war. Israeli war ethics the evildoers try to hide behind the words proportional response, innocent civilians, collective punishment, war crimes, geneva convention and differences in casualty. It forced the nixon administration to realize that arab frustration over israels unwillingness to withdraw from the territories it had occupied in 1967 could have major strategic consequences for the united states. Israeli war of independence november 1947 july 1949 started as 6 months of civil war between jewish and arab militias when the mandate period in palestine was ending and turned into a regular war after the establishment of israel and the intervention of. Israel declassifies documents on 1967 arabisraeli war. Israel withdrew from a small portion of the heights after the 1973 war.
Cia evaluation of the mideast situation following the 1948 war january 19, 1949 report to the zionist general council by david bengurion u. List of books and articles about arabisraeli conflict. It formally began following the end of the british mandate for palestine at midnight on 14 may 1948. Israel still has peace treaties with only two arab states, egypt and jordan. After israel secured the golan heights in the june 1967 war, the israeli government offered to negotiate its return, some 0 km, for a peace treaty with israel. The ussrs military intervention in the egyptian israeli conflict kindle edition by ginor, isabella, remez, gideon. However, israeli intervention in the civil war also led to unforeseen results, including smallscale conflict between israel and syria. The 1967 arabisraeli war unwilling to return to what national security advisor walter rostow called the tenuous chewing gum and string arrangements established after suez, the johnson administration sought israels withdrawal from the territories it had occupied in exchange for peace settlements with its arab neighbors. The invasion of lebanon nearly every decade of the past 60 years has seen bloodshed, with. The arabisrael war of 1973 and its legacy global research. Tensions between israel and the arabs have been complicated and heightened by the political, strategic, and economic interests in the area of the great powers. The trump administrations recognition of jerusalem as israels capital in december 2017 and its relocation of the u.
The war was part of the arab israeli conflict, an ongoing dispute that included many battles and wars since 1948, when the state of israel was formed. Report on gaza finds evidence of war crimes by israel. During the 2014 gaza conflict, hamas and other terrorist organisations in the gaza strip employed two primary means to target israeli civilians. The war consisted of 39 separate operations, fought from the borders of lebanon to the sinai peninsula and eilat. First arab israeli war 1948 cold war documentary duration. This history of the foundational war in the arabisraeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. The newly formed israeli defense force idf managed to prevail after fifteen months of war. Arabisraeli conflict in cold war context 19481993 wallersteins capitalist world systems may apply conflict between native palestinians and israelis was characterized by the involvement of hegemonic powers. Please use the following information, links and sources to learn more about the anglofrench attack on the suez canal and the israeli seizure of egypts sinai peninsula. With the humiliating defeat in the sixday war, egypt was looking for an ultimate rematch with israel.
By 1985, israel withdrew to a 10 km occupied strip of south lebanon, while the lowintensity conflict with shia militants escalated. Rumors abound of an impending israeli first strike against irans nuclear program. Marking nearly 50 years since the conclusion of the 1967 arabisraeli war, israels armed forces have declassified documents, audio recordings and photos pertaining to operation focus, which aimed at wiping out egypts air force on the ground on the first day of the sixday conflict. One such conventional wisdom was that the 1967 sixday war had proven israeli military superiority and arab military inferiority to such an extent that the arabs would avoid war at all costs. Rosenberg looks at the events developing in the middle east and asks the tough questions. Egypt, they emphasize, was at the time totally unready for war. Aug 17, 2006 lebanese deaths, and israeli war crimes, kept off the balance sheet by jonathan cook posted on august 17, 2006 august 7, 2009 d uring israels war against the people of lebanon, our media, politicians, and diplomats have colluded with the aggressors by distracting us with irrelevancies, by concocting controversies, and by framing the language.
Arabisraeli wars students britannica kids homework help. Nasser blocked israeli shipping through the straits of tiran. Below is my top 10 list of games covering the arabisraeli wars, namely the 1948 arabisraeli war aka first arabisraeli war or 1948 war of independence. This film examines the war between israel and syria in the golan heights. At the khartoum summit ofaugust 1967 the arahs issued their three noes. It will begin by exploring the social, religious and ideological roots of the conflict, and will also provide a. By contrast, israeli troops grew to about 100,000, and about a quarter of. Jun 23, 2015 the report said the scale of the devastation was unprecedented in gaza, tallying more than 6,000 airstrikes, 14,500 tank shells and 45,000 artillery shells unleashed between july 7 and aug. Here we bring together its impact on israel and on the jewish communities in the arab countries. Lebanese deaths, and israeli war crimes, kept off the balance. Hostility between israel and syria intensified in the spring of 1967 when palestinian guerrillas within syria stepped up their attacks on israeli villages near the syrian border.
This majority muslim country and its leadership have been demonised. First arab israeli war 1948 cold war documentary youtube. Could israel launch a preemptive strike at any moment. The arabisraeli war in october 1973 holds many operational lessons for u. National archives arab israeli war national security council. The fourth arabisraeli soon turns to a war of revenge for the arab nations against the state of israel, and becomes a bloodbath, lasting from 19736. Doc the arab israeli war 1973 final bernard chirwa. The 1948 arabisraeli war, known by israelis as the war of independence, alnakba, was the first in a series of wars fought between the newly declared state of israel and its arab neighbours in the longrunning arabisraeli conflict. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This essay will investigate and discuss the main causes of the 1948 arabisraeli conflict, and its immediate outcomes. The 1948 arabisraeli war was the first instance of a bloody and hostile battle, triggered by the declaration of israels independence on 14 may 1948 schulze 1999, p. He was an associate professor at cairo university 2000 and the american univer.
Sixday war aka war of 1967, the june war, 1967 arabisraeli war, or third arabisraeli war. The first arab israeli war, fought in 194749, confirmed. Egyptian forces moving across the suez canal en route to an assault on the bar lev line. Yehoshua, who is active in the israeli peace movement, about the sixday war. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Press 1997 by israel shahak explains why the israeli political elite agitate against irans nonexistent nuclear program. Benny morris a history of the first arabisraeli war 1948.
The sixday war 1967 what became known as the sixday war of june 1967 radically changed the map of the middle east. By 1967 most m1 shermans had been phased out, although small numbers where used on the jordanian front for infantry support, and the bulldozer versions were still active. The war of 1948 led to the creation of the modern state of israel, a cause for. Arabisraeli wars, conflicts in 194849, 1956, 1967, 197374, and 1982 between israel and the arab states. Whilst all branches of the service had performed well, the air force had, for the first time, played a decisive role. By the end of the war, the jewish population in israel exceeded a million, with jews all around the world returning to eretzyisrael, their newly established national homeland. After some initial gains, the arabs were defeated for a variety of reasons, but not as. The most important consequence of the 1948 arab israeli war from the jewish perspective is that is consolidated the zionist aim of a jewish state in palestine.
The first arabisraeli war, yale university press, new haven, isbn 9780300126969 oren, michael, six days of war, random house ballantine publishing group, new york 2003, isbn 0. The 1948 or first arab israeli war was the second and final stage of the 194749 palestine war. The two divisions he sent to sinai on may 14 would not have been sufficient to. Rocket and mortar assaults were not new to the israeli public. The suezsinai war 1956 arabisraeli warssuezsinai war of 1956. The 1948 or first arabisraeli war was the second and final stage of the 194749 palestine war.
On august 12, 1992, englands tiny nuclear arsenal fell on ir. Lessons and implications of the israelhizballah war. The suez crisis aka the tripartite aggression, suez war, or second arabisraeli war. The preparations for and conduct of the war were marred by endemic and profound intelligence failures and unprecedented politicization of the military planning and actual. These include israels war of independence and the palestinian nakbah, the suez crisis, the sixday war, the yom kippur war, and two wars in lebanon. When put into practice, the administrations policy fell short of expectations.
Buy quality secondhand israeli war books, at 5075% off retail. The strike resulted from an idf strategy borne of frustration at its inability to stop the daily average of 100 katyusha rockets falling on northern israel. In the 1973 war, anwar sadat, egypts president, was able to exploit israeli vulnerabilities to achieve political success through a limited war. Backed by arms from the soviet union, egypt and syria made significant territorial gains in sinai and the golan heights. If syria became directly involved in a conflict with israel during a war in lebanon, its goals would include. During the sixday war of 1967, israel had captured egypts sinai peninsula, roughly half of syrias golan heights, and the territories of the west bank which had been held by jordan since 1948. A strategic and operational analysis, 19482014 kindle edition by eilam, ehud. Hezbollahs battlefield elusiveness forced the blunder in qana.
By midoctober, arab forces in the war zones rose to about 55,000, including up to 5,000 palestine liberation force irregulars. Conflict,173 war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The total population of areas under israeli control at the end of 1967 was 115. Within days, arab league declares war and invades israel. The aftereffects of the israelihizbollah war by paul salem, director of the carnegie middle east center in beirut introduction five months after the end of the war, lebanon, israel and the region are still feeling its aftereffects. Israeli novelist highlights lasting consequences of 6day war. War, escape and the emergence of the palestinian refugee problem.
Unidentified militants used explosives to destroy a bridge along the planned patrol route on march 25. On october 6, 1973, egypt and syria launched a surprise attack against israel on the jewish holiday of yom kippur. Politics, charity, and terrorism in the service of jihad by matthew levitt, the yom kippur war. Lesson and activities on arabisraeli war for year 10. Among the world powers, the united states, great britain, and france sided with israel, while the soviet union. First israel was managed by the british mandate, and later it was manipulated by the us and the su. This played into israeli bands and when colda meir became israel s first female prime minister in 1969 she obdu. Here at we have over 30,000 jewish books on our website, with over 2,000 added monthly. It lasted for some 18 days and was marked by violent tarnk battles, air warfare, skirmishes at sea and heavy.
The suezsinai war 1956 arab israeli warssuezsinai war of 1956. The primary question is whether or not the war in the middle east in june 1967 was a limited war. However, all main israeli academic institutions are involved in the occupation. Jun 06, 2017 israeli novelist highlights lasting consequences of 6day war nprs robert siegel interviews israeli author a. A guide to the arabisraeli conflict jewish virtual library. Each of the fullblown wars between israel and its arab neighbours have carried a great measure of significance. Israeli leaders acknowledge that the qana strike was the wars turning point in favor of hezbollah.
Isradecal publications the iaf in the yom kippur war iafb001. If war comes the washington institute for near east policy. The october war called the yom kippur war by the israelis and the ramadan war by the arabs began on 6 october 1973. These include israels war of independence and the palestinian nakbah, the suez crisis, the sixday. On october 6th 1973 a surprise attack was launched operation badr by the egyptians. Roger louis and avi shlaim frontmatter more information viii contents 10 france and the june 1967 war 247 jeanpierre filiu 11 the 1967 war and the demise of arab nationalism. Bank since the 1967 arabisraeli war, with the pa exercising limited selfrule in some areas since the mid1990s. With the exception of the britishtrained arab legion of transjordan, most of the arab troops were ill prepared for battle.