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Haganah

Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948.

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Jan 14, 2026
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After the ottoman empire lost the war in palestine, U.N. divided palestine in 2 states, is it true that palestine began to attack Israel first?

The question misunderstands a complex, multi-stage conflict: violence in Palestine did not begin only after the United Nations partition plan or only after the declaration of Israel; a civil war betwe...

Feb 5, 2026

What credible investigations have been done into alleged secret Zionist operations in the 20th and 21st centuries?

Serious, documented inquiries into claims of “secret Zionist operations” fall into two distinct categories: historical, archival and intelligence investigations of specific actions by Zionist organiza...

Dec 16, 2025

How have primary sources (Arabic radio broadcasts, government orders, eyewitness testimonies) been interpreted regarding calls for evacuation in 1948?

Scholars and primary‑source analysts disagree sharply about whether Arabic radio broadcasts or Arab leaders issued widespread evacuation orders in 1948: Erskine Childers’ review of radio transcripts f...

Dec 12, 2025

What are the main sources and disputes over casualty and displacement figures for the 1948 Palestinian exodus (Nakba)?

Scholarly and institutional tallies converge on roughly 700,000–750,000 Palestinians uprooted in 1947–49, and on several hundred depopulated villages—figures repeated by UN, academic and advocacy sour...

Nov 22, 2025

1948 Arab war was because the JEWS INVADED

The 1948 conflict had two linked phases: a civil war between Jewish and Arab communities in Mandatory Palestine after the UN partition vote on 29 November 1947, and a wider interstate war that began a...

Nov 22, 2025

the nakba 1948

The Nakba ("catastrophe") refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during and after the 1948 Arab–Israeli war, when roughly 700,000–750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled ...