Israel/Ishmael Conflict. Brothers in Arms

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1948 Arab-Israeli War
Part of the Arab-Israeli conflict

Raising the ink flag in Umm Rashrash (now Eilat) which marked the end of the war.
Date May 1948–March 1949
Location Israel
Result Decisive Israeli victory, tactical and strategic Arab failure, 1949 Armistice Agreements
Territorial changes State of Israel established from captured territories, Jordanian occupation of West Bank, Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip

Belligerents
Israel (IDF).
Before 26 May 1948: Jewish paramilitary organizations (Haganah, Irgun, Lehi, Palmach, Foreign Volunteers) Egypt,
Syria,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Iraq,
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen,[1]
Holy War Army,
Arab Liberation Army

Strength
Israel: 29,677 initially rising to 115,000 by March 1949. This includes the entire military personnel count- both combat units and logistical units. Egypt: 10,000 initially rising to 20,000
Iraq: 5,000 initially rising to 15–18,000
Syria: 2,500–5,000
Jordan: 6,000–12,000
Lebanon: 1,000 initially rising to 2,000[2]
Saudi Arabia: 800–1,200
Yemen: unknown
Arab Liberation Army: 3,500-6,000
These numbers include only the combat units sent to the land of Palestine, not the entire military strength.

Casualties and losses
6,373 KIA (about 4,000 troops and 2,400 civilians) Unknown (between 8,000 and 15,000)
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The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence (מלחמת העצמאות) and War of Liberation (מלחמת השחרור), and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe (Arabic: al Nakba, النكبة ), was the first in a series of wars fought between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict.

The war commenced upon the termination of the British Mandate of Palestine in mid-May of 1948 following a previous phase of civil war in 1947–1948. The war came after Arab rejection of the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine (UN General Assembly Resolution 181) that would have created an Arab state and a Jewish state. The war was fought mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and for a short time also on the Sinai Peninsula. The war concluded with the 1949 Armistice Agreements but it did not mark the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

In my opinion ( I have visited Israel) there will never be a lasting peace agreement between Jews and Palistinians based on partition of the land alone. Not if each time the accord is signed, only Jews are allowed to control the army. This was the exact same stumbling block in South Africa when dividing up the country into Bantustans. The whites always insisted that they remain in charge of national defence. This was never accepted by all. In th end the whites and their army had to surrender to majority opinion. This is what will eventually happen in Israel. They are fighting a losing battle, simply because it is immoral

Men are men. If you deprive them of their right to bear arms, they lose face in the eyes of their women and children. This is fundamental human psychology. No amount of political or economic argument, or United Nations resolutions can circumvent it.

If there is to be peace in Israel, the men on both sides need to remain men and their families need to admire that fact.