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Revision as of 12:34, 7 June 2007 by It's-is-not-a-genitive (talk | contribs) (start of the translation!)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The 1947-48 Palestinian Civil War lasted from 30 November, 1947 to 14 May, 1948. The end of the war marked the end of the British mandate over Palestine. This period constitutes the first phase of the Arab-Israeli war, during which the Jewish community and the Arab community of Palestine clashed, whilst the British, who supposedly had the obligation to guarantee safety there, organised their withdrawal and intervened there only on an occasional basis. The following phase of the Arab-Israeli war began on the 15 May, 1948, after the creation of Israel, when the conflict in Palestine evolved into a war between Israel and several Arab neighbours. This article provides an exhaustive report of the various episodes and key events of the civil war period, followed by a summary.
Background
Starting in 1920, Palestine was under the control of the British administration but there was fighting among the Jews, Arabic Nationalists, Zionist and Arabic Palestinians that opposed each other and the British Empire.
The Palestinian fighting peaked with the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, it was carried out by the Palestinian nationalists, and it was opposed at the same time by the Zionists. The British oppression was bloody and the reaction of the Zionist organizations was violent. The consequences of the fighting was heavy. The revolt left causalities about 5000 Arabic dead and 500 Jews dead. The Zionists reinforced themselves and most of the members of the Palestinian political elite were stopped and sent into exile. Among these, the boss of the Arab Higher Committee, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni takes refuge in Germany, where he looks for a support for his cause.
After the Second World War the Zionist movement attracted sympathy. In Palestine, the groups of the upright Zionist fought against the British. The Palestinian nationalists reorganized themselves but remained inferior to the Zionists. Nevertheless, the weakening of the colonial British Empire reinforced Arabic countries and the Arab League for the future war against newly-founded Israel.
Footnotes
Sources
Principal sources
- Yoav Gelber, Palestine 1948, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, 2006, ISBN 1845190750
- Ilan Pappé, La guerre de 1948 en Palestine, La fabrique éditions, 2000, ISBN 226404036X
- Efraïm Karsh, The Arab-Israeli Conflit - The Palestine War 1948, Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1841763721
- Alain Gresh et Dominique Vidal, Palestine 47, un partage avorté, Editions Complexe, 1994, ISBN 2870275218.
- Dominique Lapierre et Larry Collins, O Jérusalem, Robert Laffont, 1971, ISBN 2266106988
- Benny Morris, The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0521009677
- Benny Morris, Histoire revisitée du conflit arabo-sioniste, Editions complexe, 2003, ISBN 2870279388
- Bickerton, Ian and Hill, Maria (2003). Contested Spaces: The Arab-Israeli Conflict. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0074712179
- Eugène Rogan, Avi Shlaim et al., La guerre de Palestine 1948 : derrière le mythe, Autrement, 2002, ISBN 2746702401
- Henry Laurens, Paix et guerre au Moyen-Orient, Armand Colin, Paris, 2005, ISBN 2200269773
- Pierre Razoux, Tsahal, nouvelle histoire de l'armée israélienne, Perrin, 2006, ISBN 226202328X
Secondary sources
- Jon et David Kimché, A clash of destinies, The Arab-Jewish War and the founding of the state of Israel, Praeger, New-York, 1960,
- Elie Barnavi, Une histoire moderne d'Israël, Champs / Flammarion, 1988, ISBN 2080812467
- Yitzhak Rabin, Mémoires, Buchet/Chastel, 1980,
- Ahron Bregman, Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947, 2002, London: Routledge. ISBN 0415287162
Other sources
- Uri Milstein, History of Israel's War of Independence: A Nation Girds for War, vol.1, University Press of America, 1996, ISBN 0761803726
- Uri Milstein, History of Israel's War of Independence: The First Month, vol.2, University Press of America, 1997, ISBN 0761807217
- Uri Milstein, History of Israel's War of Independence: The First Invasion, vol.3, University Press of America, 1999, ISBN 0761807691
- Uri Milstein, History of Israel's War of Independence: Out of Crisis Came Decision, vol.4, University Press of America, 1999, ISBN 0761814892
- Salim Tamari, Jérusalem 1948 : Les faubourgs arabes et leur destin durant la guerre, Institut des études palestiniennes, 2002, ISBN 9953900191
Online sources
- Daleth's Plan from mideastweb.org
Online documents
- United Nations Special Commission, First special Report to the Security Council : The Problem of Security in Palestine, 16 avril 1948, from the United Nations website.
- Palestine remembered Palestinian view.
- Jewish Virtual Library Jewish view.
Filmography
- Elie Chouraqui, Ô Jérusalem, 2006.