Israel was a part of the British Mandate for Palestine, a quasi-colony under British authority.
Israel was recognized as an independent state in 1948.
Yes - the State of Israel was established as an independent state on 14 May 1948.
No, Israel is not in South Africa.Israel is an independent State.
Israel was formed out the British Mandate for Palestine, which was effectively a colony run by the British Empire. Before that it was part of several Ottoman governates. There was no independent state in the Palestine region since the Crusader States in the 1200s.
a war broke out.
Great Britain, in the British mandate
The citizens and administration of Israel did, in 1948. United Nations Resolution 181 only provided permission for Israel to declare a state. As said above, it was the Israelis who actually did the Declaring.
Israel colony
Israel became a state on May 14, 1948 when they declared independence with the neighboring Arab states.
Modern Israel, which declared itself to be an independent nation in May of 1948, is known as the Jewish State.
Nobody is fighting for their own independent state inside of Israel. The "Palestinians" and their civic and political leaders are working toward the establishment of an independent state, geographically comprised of -- the "West Bank" ... territory of Jordan, administered and governed by the PLO -- the Gaza Strip ... territory of Egypt, administered and governed by Hamas. A significant fraction of all those involved, possibly a majority, either desire or formally promulgate their firm intention to do away with Israel, by force if necessary, and to absorb that area as well into their independent state. But that's a separate subject.
Saudi Arabia is a country.The word state is ambiguous. It can refer to an independent nation (as in "the state of Israel") or to a province of a nation (as in "the state of Kansas").