Israel: Difference between revisions

}}

 

 

On 29 November 1947, the [[United Nations General Assembly]] recommended the adoption and implementation of the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine|United Nations partition plan]] of [[Mandatory Palestine]]. On 14 May 1948 [[David Ben-Gurion]], the Executive Head of the [[World Zionist Organization]]<ref name=zo>Then known as the ''[[World Zionist Organization|Zionist Organization]]''</ref> and president of the [[Jewish Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency for Palestine]], [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|declared]] "the establishment of a Jewish state in [[Eretz Israel]], to be known as the State of Israel," a state independent upon the termination of the [[British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)|British Mandate for Palestine]], 15 May 1948.<ref>{{cite quick |web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Declaration+of+Establishment+of+State+of+Israel.htm|publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs|title=Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel|date=14 May 1948|accessdate=8 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite quick |book|last1=Brenner|first1=Michael| last2=Frisch|first2=Shelley|title=Zionism: A Brief History|publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers|date=April 2003|year=2003|page=184|accessdate=13 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite quick |web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Modern+History/Centenary+of+Zionism/Zionist+Leaders-+David+Ben-Gurion.htm|title=Zionist Leaders: David Ben-Gurion 1886–1973|accessdate=13 July 2011|publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> Neighboring Arab states [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|invaded]] the next day in support of the Palestinian Arabs. Israel has since fought [[Arab–Israeli conflict|several wars]] with neighboring Arab states,<ref name=RoutledgeAtlas>{{Harvnb|Gilbert|2005|p=1}}</ref> in the course of which it has [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupied]] the [[West Bank]], [[Sinai Peninsula]] (between 1967 and 1982), [[Gaza Strip]] and the [[Golan Heights]]. Portions of these territories, including [[East Jerusalem]], have been annexed by Israel, but the border with the neighboring West Bank has not yet been permanently defined.{{POV-statement|date=May 2012}}<ref>{{cite quick |book|title=The Question of Palestine & the United Nations|publisher=United Nations Department of Public Information|chapter=The status of Jerusalem|chapter-url=http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/palestine/ch12.pdf|quote=East Jerusalem has been considered, by both the General Assembly and the Security Council, as part of the occupied Palestinian territory.|postscript=.}}</ref><ref name="Olmertquote">{{cite quick |news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4856762.stm |title=Analysis: Kadima's big plans |author=BBC News |accessdate=10 October 2010 |date=29 March 2006}}</ref><ref name="HomelandSecurityBorders">{{cite quick |web |url=http://www.hstoday.us/index.php?id=483&cHash=081010&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=873 |title=Israel’s Hard-Learned Lessons |last1=Kessner |first1=BC |date=2 April 2006 |publisher=Homeland Security Today |accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="TelAvivNotes">{{cite quick |web |url=http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=203 |title= The Legacy of Undefined Borders, Tel Aviv Notes No. 40, June 5, 2002 |author=The Institute for National Security Studies |accessdate=7 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="Epochborders">{{cite quick |news |url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/israel-journal-a-land-without-borders-34590.html |title=Israel Journal: A Land Without Borders |newspaper=[[The Epoch Times]] |accessdate=20 March 2012}}</ref> Israel has signed peace treaties with [[Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty|Egypt]] and [[Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace|Jordan]], but efforts to [[Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict|resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] have so far not resulted in peace.