1948: Israel's Battle for Independence | The Jewish Story | Unpacked

Three years after the Holocaust and the devastating loss of six million Jews, Jewish refugees were desperately trying to immigrate to Israel. However, then British-mandated Palestine had extreme limits on Jewish immigration.

Head of the Jewish Agency, David Ben-Gurion attempted to work with the British to appeal this policy. Though unsuccessful in this approach, the 1947 UN-created resolution 181, which called for a partitioned two-state solution, changed everything.

Rejecting the resolution, Arabs rioted throughout the country. Battles broke out between Jews and Arabs and several thousand lives were lost. In the aftermath, the British withdrew from the country on May 15th 1948.

Later that day, David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel leading the surrounding Arab countries to attack Israel on all sides.
Against all odds, the Jews held onto their land and Israel’s war for independence ended with the UN officially recognizing the State of Israel, the Jewish homeland.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:33 Displaced persons and strict immigration laws to Palestine
01:40 Subterfuge of the British Mandate
01:58 UN Resolution 181 and the partition of Palestine
02:24 Arabs respond with violence
03:15 Arab massacre of Kfar Etzion
03:38 Palestine's arms embargo
03:54 Israel's declaration of independence and the breakout of war
04:54 Foreign trained air fighter volunteers
05:43 Truce and rearmament
06:00 Tides begin to turn
06:42 Aftermath of the war
08:07 Outro

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Co-Executive Producers:
Melinda Goldrich
Shmuel Katz

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Image and footage credits:

Boris Carmi / Meitar Collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection
Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung
Israel GPO
Israel GPO-Teddy Brauner
Israel GPO-Fritz Cohen
Israel GPO-David Eldan
Israel GPO-Zoltan Kluger
Israel GPO-Moshe Milner
Israel GPO-Hans Pinn
Israel GPO-Yaakov Saar
© IWM E 29943
The Palmach Archive via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project
U.S. Embassy, The Hague
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