The Egyptian desire to rid the country…

1948 CE

The Egyptian desire to rid the country of imperial domination is strengthened in 1948 by the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv.

The Egyptians, like most Arabs, consider the State of Israel a creation of Western, specifically British, imperialism and an alien entity in the Arab homeland.

In September 1947, the League of Arab States (Arab League) had decided to resist by force the UN plan for partition of Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state.

Thus, when Israel announces its independence in 1948, the armies of the various Arab states, including Egypt, enter Palestine to save the country for the Arabs against what they consider Zionist aggression.

The Arabs are defeated by Israel, although the Arab Legion of Transjordan holds onto the Old City of Jerusalem and the West Bank, and Egypt saves a strip of territory around Gaza that becomes known as the Gaza Strip.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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David Ben-Gurion View →

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Arab people View → Arab nationalism View → Zionism View → ZO (Zionist Organization) View → Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate) View → Palestine, British Mandate of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → Arab League, or League of Arab States View → Transjordan, Kingdom of View → Israel View → West Bank View → Gaza Strip View →

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Arab-Israeli War of 1948 View →

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