P F Tinmore
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Just before the UN voted to partition Palestine in November 1947, Ben-Gurion secretly mobilised Jewish groups inside and outside Palestine and dispatched them to Europe to purchase massive quantities of arms for the next phase: a military plan to conquer as many Palestinian villages and to expel their inhabitants.
Their plan was called Plan D better known as Plan Dalet, (Dalet being the fourth letter in the Hebrew alphabet) which was launched nearly six weeks prior to the end of the British Mandate in Palestine. It is worth noting that Plan D had been preceeded by Plan A (February 1945), Plan B (May 1947) and Plan C (November 1947). There is no mistaking their intention: the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
Plan Dalet and The Nakba - 1948
Bogus link. Plan D was strictly defensive in nature designed to halt Arab aggression.
Such stunts are why you have zero reputational points even after 2 years.
The Arabs are ethnic cleansers.
US Department of State, Office of the Historian: The Arab-Israeli War of 1948
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.
Fighting began with attacks by irregular bands of Palestinian Arabs attached to local units of the Arab Liberation Army composed of volunteers from Palestine and neighboring Arab countries. These groups launched their attacks against Jewish cities, settlements, and armed forces.
The goal of the Arabs was initially to block the Partition Resolution and to prevent the establishment of the Jewish state.
After Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948, the fighting intensified with other Arab forces joining the Palestinian Arabs in attacking territory in the former Palestinian mandate. On the eve of May 14, the Arabs launched an air attack on Tel Aviv, which the Israelis resisted. 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.
Office of the Historian - Milestones - 1945-1952 - The Arab-Israeli War of 1948
Yes, the Palestinians did defend themselves from the foreign takeover of their country.
Of the 37 people who signed Israel's declaration of independence, only one was born in Palestine and he was the son of immigrants.
Israel was created inside Palestine by foreign military force against the wishes of virtually all of Palestine's Muslim, Christian, and Jewish native inhabitants.
Israel stays inside Palestine by military force.
Israel is a foreign military occupation of Palestine.