Israel's Wars and How They Ended

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[Sub-Driver]

1947-49 war: Local skirmishes began in November 1947 after the United Nations adopted a resolution partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Five Arab nations invaded immediately after Israel declared independence in May 1948. Israel repelled the invaders and captured more territory than allotted by the U.N. plan, which was never implemented. Egypt agreed to a U.N.-brokered armistice in February 1949, and similar agreements with Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq followed.

[l33t]

Newsday will soon be able to add another item, "Operation Punishing Sword", right after Secretary Powell returns to the US having failed to get the Pallies to stop suicide bombings.

[Diojneez]

Newsday will soon be able to add another item, "Operation Punishing Sword", right after Secretary Powell returns to the US having failed to get the Pallies to stop suicide bombings.

Get real. SecState PowWow will come back flush with success, having learned from his own lips that Arafatty actually stopped the suicide bombings three years ago.

[Phyto Chems]

1947-49 war: Local skirmishes began in November 1947 after the United Nations adopted a resolution partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

I see they did not buy the land from anyone they JUST TOOK IT by a decree of the UN. When they buy the land so they own it and not take by force. The Jews have asked for what they have gotten in this deal, they never owned the land in the last few hundred years, they may have back a 1000 or so years ago, but that is another story. Buy the land they will have peace.

[ServesURight]

I love the 1967 war, Israel really kicked their behinds.

[tupac]

I believe that Netanyahu and Sharon will secure a peace with the Pallies, and it will not come without more bloodshed and it will not be soon. I hope it will be decisive militarily, putting an end to the terrorists abilities to continue their attacks. The only stumbling block that stops this is Arafat.

[Wm Bach]

We took the land from the indians and we're not giving it back. Israel needs to wipe out the palis once and for all. Then there will be peace.

[l33t]

Firstly, Jews lived in that area continuously since at least 2000 BC.
Secondly, the UN partion plan did not deprive the Arabs who found themselves in the area allocated to the Jewish state from their land and possessions. The Jews stole nothing. The UN had every justification to a political national partition of this area which has never been an independent entity since the fall of the last Jewish state 2000 years ago.

[luvzhottea]

Looks like AP overlooked something from the '67 War:
USS LIBERTY Memorial

[KSCITYBOY]

The arab terrorists that think they have a right to the land live only to kill every Jew in Isreal - You can't buy peace. Israel is doing what it is doing to survive. BTW I'll bet dollars to dog dirt that some of bin ladens boys are assiting the arab slugs.

[Phyto Chems]

Like Rush has pointed out ALL wars have never ended with a peace agreement that without one side being totally defeated like we did the Indians here in the US.

Your point of killing all those would be a real civlized way to go about it, right, LOL. Steal the land, in the first place, live as slaves on your own land and if you don't like it then we will kill you and your families. Take that you "palis", come on get a life.......

[headsonpikes]

Mr. t, you sully this thread by posting historical FACTS???

Get with the program. Facts are not welcome here; consult your CNN media guide.

The soi-disant 'Palestinians' are innocent victims of imperialism. BWAHAHAHA!

[Catspaw]

Disrupter Alert!

 

ScreamingMime

member since April 3rd, 2002

[headsonpikes]

Screaming Ninnie, you spelled your own name wrong, you hysterical shrieking poofter!

P.S. Invest in a freaking dictionary, clod.

[shezza]

There (sic) culture is beatiful(sic) and a lot more harmonious than ours.

So, what revisionist history have you been reading? How harmonious were the Sioux with their scalping and enforced slavery of neighboring tribes? The Caribs, whose women spoke a different language because they were all slaves? The Pawnee with their young maiden sacrifices? The bitter feuds between the Algonquin and the Iroquois? Cannibalism. Slavery. Torture. Deliberate targeting of innocent women and children. The list goes on and on. Harmonious??? Me thinks you just might be the victim of public-school-tree-hugging-anti-white-European-male-Founding-Fathers-were-evil-social-manipulation "education."

[Pipers]

Great picture. Military genius at its best.

[veronica]

A USS Liberty survivor laments the event being exploited by anti-Israel sorts and other 'types.'

[Nat Turner]

sounds like he has a REALLY bad case of liberal white male guilt LOL-

[rmlew]

I see they did not buy the land from anyone they JUST TOOK IT by a decree of the UN. When they buy the land so they own it and not take by force. The Jews have asked for what they have gotten in this deal, they never owned the land in the last few hundred years, they may have back a 1000 or so years ago, but that is another story. Buy the land they will have peace.

Actually, Jews spent the period from 1890 to 1946 buying the land. That was the idea. Unfortunately, as Jews purchased and developed land, Arabs started migrating to Palestine. However after 1922, Arab cheiftans made it clear that anyone selling land to Jews, even at the vastly inflated rates, were to be put to death. Moreover, Startin in 1927, Arabs started occupying land Jews owened. Various communities like that of Hebron one which survived almost uninterupted for 3000 years) was disperesed by the Arabs (while the British stood aside). The British wanting peace, prevent Jewish migration after 1929, while promoting Arab Migration. In fact between 1890 and 1946, more Arabs than Jews settled the land.

In 1947, Arabs only owned 7% of the land. Most land was not open for purchase as it was owned by the British Mandate. This land then was passed to the Jewish National Fund and then the Israeli government.