By: Ardis E. Parshall - March 02, 2016 1948 was a dramatic year in the Middle East. Great Britain was withdrawing from its governing of the Middle East, a role it had assumed at the end of World War I, and various countries were becoming independent states. Late in 1947 the United Nations had mapped out a plan for creating the new nation of Israel, a plan welcomed by Jews but violently rejected by Arabs. The first Arab-Israeli War raged ...
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