History of Arab Israeli conflicts:

Arab Israeli conflict has its root even in the end of thewar of independence” by the Jews and it is
19th century. However, it becomes an internationaldescribed as “Al-nakba”, the disaster by the
issue only after the birth of Israel in the year 1948. TheArabs. Prior to the war, the UN Partition plan 1947
Arab Israeli conflicts became the source of twosuggested that the establishment of Arab and Jewish
Palestinian uprisings.states in Palestine would end up the wars. Though
The development of the Zionist ideology in the 1880sJews had accepted the plan, the Arabs refused to
increased the emigration of European Jews. The clashaccept it. In the middle of 1948, the United States
between the Jews and Arabs started in this period.recommended to get a temporary UN approved
The Jewish communities began to acquire lands fromtrusteeship. US Believed that it would be better to go
the Ottoman Sultan and other Arab landowners. Thefor temporary solution rather than seeking immediate
Arab Palestinians lived on those lands at that time. Thispartition. However, the Jewish leaders were not ready
resulted in Arab Israeli conflict 1880.to accept it. Meanwhile, the Arabs and the Jewish
The Palestine mandate or the British mandate forestablished their own military to maintain control over
Palestine was drafted and formally approved by thetheir territory. The Arab Israeli conflict war thus started
league of Nations in the year 1922. This mandateto emerge in the year 1948.
stated that the United Kingdom supported theArab Israeli conflict 1948 ended after the declaration of
establishment of separate Jewish national home inthe State of Israel. Approximately two thirds of the
Palestine. This elevated the pressure among theArabs were expelled from the territories, which came
Arabs, who lived in the Mandate Palestine. Theunder the control of the Jewish. It was estimated that
problem became severe, when the Peel Commission,nearly 711,000 Arabs became refugees after the war.
which was a British Royal Commission of inquiry,Arabs saw a rise during the period of 1956, when the
established in 1936. Peel commission divided the Jews.United Arab Republic was founded. Nasserism, an
Jews refused to accept it in the beginning. Eventually,Arab Nationalist political ideology became a powerful
they accepted the partition. However, the Arabsforce throughout the Arab countries. This ideology was
rejected it and they demanded to put an end to Jewsbased on the thoughts of the former Egyptian
immigration. They claimed that Palestine was an ArabPresident Gamal Nasser. Arab Israeli conflict 1956
state. This in turn led to the Arab Israeli conflict 1947.resulted in the United Arab republic.
Arab Israeli conflict 1948 is referred to as the “Israeli