...."12 Israel also enjoyed an advantage in weaponry, save for a brief twenty-five days at the start of that conflict (May 15-June 10, 1948). Moreover, with the possible exception of Transjordan's small Arab Legion, the quality of the Israeli fighting forces was far superior to their Arab adversaries and they were much better organized as well. In short, the Zionists won the civil war ...

...his death, included granting the Negev desert to the proposed Arab state and the Galilee to the Jewish state; granting control over the Arab sections of Palestine to the Arab states (in effect, Transjordan); ensuring that the port in Haifa and the airport in Lydda served both the Arab and Jewish portions of the country, as well as the neighboring Arab states; returning Arab refugees to their...

...> No. Have you got a history book that talks about the nation of Palestine? why are you insisting on "Nation"? You are aware that the Palestinian territores were part of Transjordan and Egypt, and Palestine has never existed as a country? I'm not aware that Palestine never existed historically as a _nation_. It does now. , ...

...Of course _US_ history books. Get some proper history books. No. Have you got a history book that talks about the nation of Palestine? You are aware that the Palestinian territores were part of Transjordan and Egypt, and Palestine has never existed as a country? , regularly making "reprisal" attacks on innocent Palestinians No, they ...

... Arab to strong European governments in the neighboring countries and, being themselves a nations of 7 million, they had moreover nothing to fear from the 1,700,000 Arabs inhabiting Syria, Transjordan, Iraq, and Palestine. France likewise would have no objections to the unification plan because she had conceded independence to Syria as early as 1936 and had given her approval to the ...