The Arab-Israeli War was an armed conflict between the Aittihad Al'earab and the United Nations-backed Israel. The Aittihad Al'earab was an organization of Arabs coming from several different nations to fight Israel and reclaim the land owned by Israel. The Aittihad Al'earab was not a nation, rather it was a group of fighting civilians and soldiers that received funding and backing from several Arab states. Some of these Arab states also joined the war against Israel. This was criticized by many nations who deemed the Aittihad Al'earab a terrorist group. However, Aittihad Al'earab's leaders eventually formed the United Arabic State of Palestine, which replaced Aittihad Al'earab and received recognition as a nation from many Arabic states.
War Timeline[]
March 1949[]
- March 3: Aittihad Al'earab is given control of two small military bases in Syria
- March 9: Several buidings lit on fire in Israel
- March 13: Aittihad Al'earab forces stage raids on several small towns in Israel
- March 16: NATO condemns the Aittihad Al'earab
- March 19-22: Several more attacks
- March 24: United Nations votes to send UN forces to Israel
- March 29: Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt join the war on the side of Aittihad Al'earab
April 1949[]
- April 2: NATO declares war on Aittihad Al'earab and Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt
- April 5: Aittihad Al'earab attack on Tiberias begins
- April 14: Aittihad Al'earab take control of Tiberias
- April 28: Nuclear weapon dropped on Aleppo
May 1949[]
- May 3: Egypt bans all trade through the Suez Canal by the Israel, US, UK, Canada, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Yugoslavia, France, and Norway, the major participants on the Israeli side of the war.
- May 9: Suez Campaign begins; Allied forces attempt to land on the beaches of northern Egypt and suffer large casualties; they are forced to retreat to the ships they came from
- May 13: Allied forces land in Israel and head southwest into Egypt
- May 19: Allied planes begin bombing Amman
- May 23: Aittihad Al'earab forces sabatoge Allied airbases; Allied bombing runs are halted
- May 28: Aittihad Al'earab forces siege a damaged Allied airbase and the planes located on it
June 1949[]
- June 4: Battle of Suez begins
- June 6: Aittihad Al'earab sieges another Allied airbase
- June 7: Egyptian forces repulse the Allied attack
- June 12: Allied blockade of the Suez Canal
- June 16: Aittihad Al'earab suicide bombing of Allied ships blockading the Suez Canal
- June 21: Control of Aittihad Al'earab is given to Mohamed Bousaid
- June 22: Invasion of Jerusalem by Aittihad Al'earab
- June 27: David Ben-Gurion is given leadership of Israel
July 1949[]
- July 2: Allied invasion forces land in Kuwait; Iraq Campaign and Kuwaiti Offensive begin
- July 6: United Nations forces capture Mohamed Bousaid
- July 8: Aittihad Al'earab forces take control of the temporary Israeli capital building and hold David Ben-Gurion as hostage
- July 9: Aittihad Al'earab forces offer David and other officials in exchange for Mohamed Bousaid, starting a four-day cease fire
- July 13: Hostage exchange occurs; fighting resumes
- July 15: Kuwaiti oil fields are bombed by Aittihad Al'earab
- July 17: UN forces declare full control of Kuwait
- July 20: Turkey joins the war and allows UN forces to invade Syria from the north
- July 24: UN forces take control of Aleppo
- July 29: The United Nations votes to withdraw UN troops as they are not being used for peacekeeping purposes but for war; military command is transferred directly to NATO and invading forces loose all non-NATO UN forces. However, the UN continues to supply Israel with supplies
August 1949[]
- August 13: NATO forces take control of Baghdad
- August 14: Aittihad Al'earab takes control of Tel Aviv-Yafo
- August 16: Aittihad Al'earab cuts all supply lines from Israeli forces as they take most of the country, surrounding a small pocket of Israeli-controlled land; NATO forces race south through Syria to rescue the Israeli forces
- August 19: NATO forces siege Damascus
- August 23: Damascus is put under full control of NATO forces
- August 24: Nuclear bombing of Beirut
- August 28: Syrian government surrenders to NATO forces
- August 30: NATO forces invade Lebanon
- August 31: NATO forces capture Mosul
September 1949[]
- September 1: Aittihad Al'earab declares itself as the United Arabic State of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital
- September 4: Israeli forces surrounded in Palestine surrender
- September 9: Remaining Arab forces offer peace to NATO
- September 13: Lebanon surrenders to NATO; NATO refuses peace offer
- September 20: Invasion of Palestine begins; NATO forces invade from the north
October 1949[]
- October 1: Nuclear bombing of Cairo and Alexandria; Egypt surrenders
- October 13: Palestine offers the Two-House Solution to NATO along with peace
- October 17: NATO accepts the Two-House Solution as well as peace, however Israel does not and all parties continue fighting
- October 24: Palestinian forces massacre Israelis in several small towns and threaten more if the Two-House Solution is not agreed to
- October 26: Israel refuses peace
- October 29: Mutiny occurs as the Israeli military is split between those wanting peace and those wanting to continue fighting
- October 31: Israel accepts the Two-House Solution, thus bringing the war to a halt
November 1949[]
- November 24: Treaty of Dubai officially brings peace
Effects of the Treaty of Dubai[]
The main effects of the Treaty of Dubai were:
- Peace between NATO/Israel and the Arabic forces
- Creation of the Republic of Kurdistan
- Creation of the United Republic of Israel-Palestine