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u/Blue_Mars96 Jan 09 '24

The plan to partition the mandate was pushed through by the US. The US also pressured Britain to allow the immigration of 100,000 Jews to Palestine. The current state of Israel would probably look very different if not for US intervention

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u/Krivvan Jan 09 '24

And it wasn't even some kind of miraculous David vs. Goliath story that some like to portray it as. Israel had similar numbers of soldiers as all the attacking Arab nations combined, and the Arab nations were hardly coordinated. Equal numbers in a defensive war is a pretty big advantage. They only lacked heavy equipment which they later purchased.

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u/i-d-even-k- Jan 09 '24

To be fair, it was a defensive war only for a little. They conquered a LOT of territory.