The British would continue to hold onto the city until fully withdrawing from Mandatory Palestine in 1948. However, the battle itself wasn't over just yet. Fighting over Jerusalem would continue ...
Under Israeli law, Jews can reclaim property lost when Jordan occupied East Jerusalem in the war of 1948-9. Israel has occupied ... Shamasnehs after a long legal battle. "The eviction of the ...
Israel gained its independence when the Mandate came to an end in May of 1948 with a United Nations-led partitioning plan for the region. In the early 1950s, Egypt blocks Israeli ships from ...
(JTA) – The story of Israel’s 1948 war for independence is told through ... Inspired by the real-life battle for control of Kibbutz Nitzanim, during which Egyptian forces overpowered the ...