Just like the heavy water the US government sent to Israel to make nuclear weapons, of course middle men were used to hide direct involvement by the US government.
Oh. Middle men. So you don't have any actual proof.
All arms to everyone else was blocked.
So the Arabs were even dumber than I first thought.
They sent a few dozen soldiers with crappy old weapons.
What a bunch of morons.
No, it is called being bribed by the US.
The Arab nations were not really allowed to have significant arms because the French and British had been invading them for so long, they did not want them to have any significant arms.
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War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Christopher Stuttard
Prior to and during 1947, the Jewish paramilitary group, the Haganah (precursor to the Israeli Defense Forces), had been procuring weapons in the build-up to the “Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel,” otherwise known as Israeli independence from Britain and Palestine.
Under the leadership of Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion, the underground operatives of the Haganah had been manufacturing and stockpiling small arms in what Benny Morris dubbed: “a massive, covert arms acquisition campaign in the West.”
By late September 1947, they had an arsenal of rifles, sub-machine guns, mortars, and light machine guns. These weapons numbered in the thousands. However, the problem the fledgling force faced was a distinct lack of heavy weaponry, aircraft, and armored units.
Solution
Enter the curious case of Charles “Charlie” Thompson Winters. Born February 10, 1913, in Brookline, Massachusetts, Charlie Winters procured four B-17 Flying Fortresses with the bold plan of retrofitting them and delivering them to the newly created Israeli AirForce.
Along with Al Schwimmer and Herman “Hank” Greenspun, Winters was essential in the creation of the Israeli Air Force and a major contributor to the course of the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948.
In 1948, Winters was running a freight service between Miami, Florida and the Caribbean, mainly transporting fruit and vegetables. He used his piloting skills and export license to deliver three B-17 bombers to Israel.
Taking off from Miami, the B-17s refueled in Puerto Rico as they would do in a normal produce delivery.
Then, instead of heading to the Caribbean with their usual cargo, the heavy bombers were piloted to the Azores and then to Žatec in former Czechoslovakia. Winters flew one of the aircraft himself.
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The CIA smuggled many more with similar methodology.
None could have happened without the knowledge and assistance of the US government.