Who won the arab-israeli war of 1948?

Answer 1

It is unclear what is meant by "ended".

In traditional warfare, the fighting stops due to the signing of an armistice. The victors and losers are often named in a treaty that is then written up and signed after the armistice is settled. In several modern conflicts, such as the Arab-Israeli Wars and the Korean War, there have been armistices, but no peace treaty was signed. In the case of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israel has made peace with Egypt and Jordan in 1979 and 1994 respectively. In those cases the leaders of those countries and the US President at the time (Sadat [EGYPT], Begin [ISRAEL], and Carter [USA]) and (Hussein [JORDAN], Rabin [ISRAEL], and Clinton [USA]) ended the conflict. Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas maintain armistices with the State of Israel, but have not signed comprehensive peace accords with Israel to the point of ending all conflict. Iraq has not even signed an armistice.

In terms of the armistices ending the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, which were all signed in 1949, they were all coordinated by the United Nations at the behest of both parties signing any particular armistice. The most famous such coordinator was the African-American Ralph Bunche who helped negotiate and draft the Egyptian-Israeli Armistice Agreement of 1949.

Answer 2

The Arabs started this particular vein of the war. Israel declared independence and Arab States fulfilled their pledge to the world community that they would erase Israel from the map through strength of arms by invading the newly-declared country.

However, the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 was an extension of the Jewish-Arab Engagement that had been going in Mandatory Palestine from September of 1947. In those fights, it is unclear which side attacked first.

Answer 3

Israel won a decisive victory.