Israeli war of independence

[Dahnlor]

@London_Calling

lambchops - Huh ? The colonies were pre-existing unitary authorities/entities/whatever that banded together to claim independence. That’s my point. They pre-existed.
Sorry, this still isn’t happening for me. This is the problem I have: in order to gain independence, you need two things;

Something to gain independence from – say, a colonial power, and
Something with which to gain independence with – a land-based unitary authority

There was nothing to gain indolence from as the Mandate had expired - there was no authority over that land from which independence had to be gained, and

There was nothing to gain independence with – no pre-existing unitary authority exerted itself in order to gain independence; rather the unitary authority was born afterwards (nationhood).
Just for arguments sake; who is it this non-existing State of Israel gained independence from ?

I’ll take a crack at that.

Part 1: Gaining Independence From Something:

There are two elements to this. First, you have what was there before. Second, you have what would have been there instead.

Since the land was previously controlled by a colonial power, namely the UK, independence was there for the taking. The main difference when compared to American independence is that the Brits were more than happy to leave.

The Arab nations, particularly Syria, Jordan and Egypt, were the second element. They wanted to control Palestine, and would have if Israel hadn’t asserted itself.

Part 2: Gaining Independence With Something:

The Zionist movement was hardly nothing. The Jewish people who had moved to the area very much wanted a nation of their own there.

Anyway, those are the facts as best as I can remember. Feel free to correct any of the above, since I’m not using any cites.
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