* 1948 – 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.

Armed Arab volunteers during the 1947 – 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine | 1947-1948 civil war in the British Mandate of Palestine

Palestine Potash Company supplied half of Britain's potash during World War II, but ultimately became a casualty of the 1948 Arab – Israeli War.

The state of war between both countries which dated back from the 1948 Arab – Israeli War ended in 1979 with the Egyptian – Israeli Peace Treaty a year after the Camp David Accords.

# REDIRECT 1948 Arab – Israeli War

At first Gaza Strip was officially administered by the All-Palestine Government, established by the Arab League in September 1948.

On 22 September 1948, towards the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the All-Palestine Government was proclaimed in the Egyptian occupied Gaza City by the Arab League.

Israeli independence in 1948 was marked by massive migrations of Jews from both Europe and the Islamic world to Israel, and of Arabs from Israel leading to extensive conflict with the Arab League.

Clause 3. provided that " Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem ... shall come into existence in Palestine two months after the evacuation of the armed forces of the mandatory Power has been completed but in any case not later than 1 October 1948.

The British, on the other hand, decided on 7 February 1948, to support the annexation of the Arab part of Palestine by Transjordan.

The 1948 Palestine war entered its second phase with the intervention of the Arab state armies and the beginning of the 1948 Arab – Israeli War.

Iraq participated in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948, 1967 and 1973, and traditionally has opposed all attempts to reach a peaceful settlement between Israel and the Arab States.

TERMINATION OF MANDATE, PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE: Clause 3. provides :- Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem, ..., shall come into existence in Palestine two months after the evacuation of the armed forces of the mandatory Power has been completed but in any case not later than 1 October 1948.

Over the next few days the armies of Egypt, Trans-Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, and Syria invaded Israel, and officially and militarily threatened to occupy the whole of the former Mandate territory, thereby starting the 1948 Arab – Israeli War, known in Israel as the War of Independence (, Milhamat HaAtzma ' ut ).

In the three years following the 1948 Palestine war, about 700, 000 Jews immigrated to Israel, residing mainly along the borders and in former Arab lands.

And from the 1948 Arab – Israeli War until the early 1970s, 800, 000 – 1, 000, 000 Jews left, fled, or were expelled from their homes in Arab countries ; 260, 000 of them reached Israel between 1948 and 1951 ; and 600, 000 by 1972.

' According to him, ' after the 1948 war, the Israelis tended to hail the " purity of arms " of its militiamen and soldiers to contrast this with Arab barbarism, which on occasion expressed itself in the mutilation of captured Jewish corpses.

* The Hurva Synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, was Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue from the 16th century until 1948, when it was destroyed by the Arab Legion several days after the conquest of the city.

By August 1948, his brigade was surrounded by the Israeli Army and appeals for help from Jordan's Arab Legion went unheeded.

In early 1948, the government of Jordan gave permission to the Arab Legion to search the area where the original Qumran cave was thought to be.

In 1948 he was awarded the Legion of Honour for general wartime service.

It was purchased in 1919 by Mrs. Alice Pierrepont who resided there until 1948, at which time she sold it to American Legion Post 284.

After the 1948 tornado, the grounds were donated to the American Legion, which built a local post and park on the site.

In 1948 the Cody chapter of the American Legion offered a reward for the " return " of the body, so the Denver chapter mounted a guard over the grave until a deeper shaft could be blasted into the rock.

* Chief Commander, Legion of Merit ( United States ) 23 July 1948

On 4 May 1948 Abdullah, as a part of the effort to seize as much of Palestine as possible, sent in the Arab Legion to attack the Israeli settlements in the Etzion Bloc.

When the British left Jerusalem in May 1948, a Haganah military brigade launched Operation Kilshon to seize security zones previously occupied by the British and defend Jerusalem against attack by the Arab Legion.

Also in 1948 the United States awarded Slim the Commander of the Legion of Merit.

His disciples built the Hurba Synagogue, which served as the main synagogue in Jerusalem from the 16th century until 1948, when it was destroyed by the Arab Legion.

It became Jerusalem's main Ashkenazic synagogue, until it too was reduced to rubble by the Arab Legion during the 1948 Arab – Israeli War.

During the 1948 Arab – Israeli War the Arab Legion was considered the strongest Arab army involved in the war.

Arab Legion artillery shells illuminate Jerusalem in 1948

The Arab Legion actively participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

On 9 February 1948 the Transjordan Frontier Force was disbanded with members being absorbed back into the Arab Legion.

The Arab Legion entered Palestine with other Arab Forces on May 15, 1948 using the Allenby, now King Hussein, bridge as they were advancing to cover the approaches from Jenin, in the north to Alaffoula and from Al-Majame ' a bridge on the Jordan River to Bissan Alaffoula.

On 9 February 1948 the 3, 000 strong Trans-Jordan Frontier Force was disbanded with members being absorbed back into the Arab Legion.

* Glubb, John Bagot, The Arab Legion, Hodder & Stoughton, London ( 1948 )

On May 13, 1948, when the village surrendered, 127 Jewish inhabitants were massacred by the Arab Legion.

Up until the late 1990s, Legion Field hosted the more important games, including the Iron Bowl, which was considered a neutral site from 1948 through 1987 ; the Tide hosted Tennessee in odd-numbered years in Birmingham until 1999, and hosted LSU in even-numbered years from 1964 through 1986, except for 1980.

Arab Legion soldier watches over evacuation of Jews from Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, 1948 ( Life Magazine )

Legion Field is best known for hosting the season-ending game between Alabama and Auburn each year from 1948 to 1988.

The 38th through 42nd Battalions of the regiment served as the Jewish Legion in Palestine ; many of its members went on to be part of the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.