While many view the 1948 Arab-Israeli war as strictly political, evidence shows a religious character on the Arab side. On ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians will mark this year the 77th anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle. Today in History: ...
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The origins of the IDF

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 40. Following Israel's Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's first formal order was to ...