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The Arab nations formally declared War on Israel on the 19th of May 1948, the day after Israel declared its independence. They refused to permit a Jewish State to come into existence in the Middle East.

Arabs, who form the majority of the Middle East were initially unhappy with the State of Israel because they believed that the land that had physically belonged to fellow Arabs' parents and grandparents should have remained in Arab hands as inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries. Even by the time of Israel's Declaration of Statehood, less than half of the land within the UN proscribed borders of Resolution 181 was owned by Jews. Therefore, the idea of Jewish State being even more physically expansive than the land already taken was alarming. This is why the Arabs urged their states to take military action against the Jewish State.

During the Jewish-Arab engagement (the term is nebulous because it was a conflict fought by militias as opposed to proper armies) of 1947-1949, both Arab and Jewish soldiers committed acts against civilians and tried to assist in the removal of the "undesirable party". This resulted in numerous Palestinian towns being attacked, some rapes occurring, and occasional murders. Fear of further attacks and incitement by Arab Mullahs drove many Palestinians away from their homes. The Arab States saw the Israeli Declaration of Independence as the Red Line that compelled their involvement.

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