The Soviet Union.
The Arab countries surrounding Israel have never wanted Israel to exist, and have attacked numerous times.
Israel's stability was not contingent on the Holocaust. Israel's stability came about as a result of the Armistice of 1949 with the Arab States in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9.
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Seven Arab states invaded Israel upon its establishment, namely Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Six Day War
Palestinians
Palestinians
There are a number of Arab States in a de jure state of war or non-recognition of the State of Israel, but there is no Arab State as of April 6, 2012 that is in de facto war with the State of Israel.
The most immediate obstacle to the formation of Israel in 1948 was the intense opposition from neighboring Arab states and the local Arab population. Following the United Nations' partition plan to create separate Jewish and Arab states, Arab nations rejected the plan and launched military action against the newly declared state of Israel. This conflict, rooted in competing national aspirations and historical grievances, led to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, complicating the establishment and recognition of Israel.
Sadat entered Egypt into a peace agreement with Israel. The existing Arab policy had been to accept nothing less than the complete destruction of Israel.
Israel won the Arab-Israeli War.