In order to force Britain's hand and ensure a favourable outcome, the Jews commenced a program of terrorism, with the Stern Gang as the main participant. In 1946, the British headquarters in the King David Hotel were blown up. By February 1947, the number of British casualties in Palestine has risen sharply and Britain called on the UN to solve the Palestinian problem.
Ilan Pappe from the University of Haifa, Israel, says (A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples) that after March 1948 both sides commence military campaigns, but the Jews were better organised and more effective. Jewish forces committed the Dir Yassin massacre in Haifa, and elsewhere.
The British response during the Palestinian War of May 1948 to January 1949 was to cut off supplies of weapons and ammunition to Egypt and other allies of the Palestinians, leaving them unable to fight effectively. Israel was aligned to the Soviet Union and continued to receive materiel to prosecute the war.
Arabs and Jews are in conflict over the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine in the Middle East.
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The Suez Canal Crisis has nothing to do with the Palestinian Arabs. It was a conflict between Egyptian National Interests and those of Israel, France, and the United Kingdom concerning control of the Suez Canal.
Arabs and Israelis have deep religious differences.Arabs and Israelis have deep religious differences.
This depends on who you ask, but the majority of both Jews and Arabs reject the assertion that their conflict is currently based on the rivalry between the siblings Isaac and Ishmael. To see the list of grievances for which they do fight, see the related question.
The conflict between Berbers and Arabs in North Africa dates back to the Arab conquest of the region in the 7th century. It is rooted in tensions over cultural, linguistic, and political differences. Berbers have historically sought to preserve their distinct identity and autonomy, while Arabs have sought to assert control and influence over the region.
The conflict in general is called the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The particular war that erupted due to the Arab Rejection of Israel's Declaration of Independence was the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, alternately called the Nakba by Arabs and the Independence War by Israelis.
The conflict and strife between Arabs and Jews is currently confined to Israel and Palestine as previous attacks against Jews elsewhere in the Arab World. Jews fled from Arab Nationalist leaders on account of pogroms and other attacks on the Jewish community while asserting that being Muslim was part of an Arab National Character. Concurrently, Jewish Nationalists were trying to create a state in what was the British Mandate of Palestine causing anger with the endemic Arabs who wanted control of the region and resented the immigration of many foreigners.
The British did nothing to try and ease tensions between the Arabs and Jews in 1948. By that point, they had already begun a phased withdrawal of British troops from Mandatory Palestine in realization that the UNGA Resolution 181 (II) was going to be implemented.
There is no such thing as "Arab Conflict" since Arabs engage in the same type of warfare as everyone else. There are also many distinct conflicts that invovle Arabs.
Conflicts between the Arabs and Israelis go back to biblical times. They have influenced the history of North Africa and the Middle East by having a constant state of conflict and unrest.
Primarily the lower Levant, typically called Israel-Palestine.