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7.3 War and partition between Israel and Jordan (1948–1967) 7.3.1 ... an attempt by the narrative's author to give an Israelite foundation to a pre-existing ...
The Battle for Jerusalem took place during the 1947–1948 civil war phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war.It saw Jewish and Arab militias in Mandatory Palestine, and later the militaries of Israel and Transjordan, fight for control over the city of Jerusalem.
The pre-1948 facade of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva (left) facing the Temple Mount.The domed Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue is to the right, rear.. Porat Yosef Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת פורת יוסף) is a Sephardic yeshiva in Jerusalem, with locations in both the Old City and the Geula neighborhood.
In May 1948, the Israeli Declaration of Independence sparked the 1948 War in which Israel repelled the invading armies of the neighbouring states. It resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and subsequently led to waves of Jewish emigration from other parts of the Middle East .
Jerusalem becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Judah and, according to the Bible, for the first few decades even of a wider united kingdom of Judah and Israel, under kings belonging to the House of David. c. 1010 BCE: biblical King David attacks and captures Jerusalem. Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel ...
February 8, 1948 6 6 Jews killed in Jerusalem [1] N/A February 8, 1948 3 3 Jews killed in Tel Aviv [1] N/A February 10, 1948 7 7 Arabs killed near Ras el Ain after selling cows in Tel Aviv [42] N/A February 12, 1948 4 4 Jews killed in Jerusalem [1] N/A February 15, 1948 8 5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed [1] Sa'sa' village ambush in the Safad district ...
In the following months, Israel began to expand the territory under its control. Throughout the 1948 war, 40 British officers served with the Jordanian Army (then known as the Arab Legion), and the Arab Legion's commander was a British General, John Bagot Glubb. On 28 May 1948, the United Nations Security Council debated Palestine. The British ...
On 14 May 1948, the Jewish community in Palestine issued the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel within territory set aside for the Jewish state in the Partition Plan. Israel became a member of the United Nations the following year and has since been recognised by most countries. [18]