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The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis, and '''The Catastrophe''' ("al Nakba", '''النكبة''') by Arabs, where some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or self evacuated <ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/efraim-karsh/were-the-palestinians-expelled/ Were the Palestinians Expelled? The historical record has something definitive to say about the next big item on the anti-Israel agenda: a "right of… by Efraim Karsh], Commentary Magazine, July/August 2000</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-refugees Myths & Facts - The Refugees - Jewish Virtual Library]</ref><ref>[https://www.camera.org/article/contradicting-its-own-archives-new-york-times-expulsion-escape-of-haifas-arabs/ Contradicting Its Own Archives, New York Times Cites Expulsion of Haifa’s Arabs]  By T. Sternthal, CAMERA, May 18, 2020</ref> told by Arab leaders to leave (till after "victory") from their homeland, was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of [[Israel]], with a total population of approximately 600,000, against the armies of the [[Arab]] nations of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iraq]], and other Arab militias.  About 6,000 Israelis died in the war, or fully one percent of the population, but the war ended in 1949 with a [[United Nations]]-brokered armistice.  As a result of the war, Israel grew by some 50% over the original Partition of British Palestine.  Some 800,000 Jews were expelled from neighboring Arab states and allowed to settle in Israel.

The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis, and per defeat: '''The Catastrophe''' ("al Nakba", '''النكبة''')<ref>[https://www.jns.org/the-nakba-narrative-is-nonsense/ The ‘Nakba’ narrative is nonsense], ''JNS'', May 21, 2023.</ref> by Arabs, where some 700,000 Palestinians left, either expelled or self evacuated <ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/efraim-karsh/were-the-palestinians-expelled/ Were the Palestinians Expelled? The historical record has something definitive to say about the next big item on the anti-Israel agenda: a "right of… by Efraim Karsh], Commentary Magazine, July/August 2000</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-refugees Myths & Facts - The Refugees - Jewish Virtual Library]</ref><ref>[https://www.camera.org/article/contradicting-its-own-archives-new-york-times-expulsion-escape-of-haifas-arabs/ Contradicting Its Own Archives, New York Times Cites Expulsion of Haifa’s Arabs]  By T. Sternthal, CAMERA, May 18, 2020</ref> told by Arab leaders to leave (till after "victory") from their homeland, was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of [[Israel]], with a total population of approximately 600,000, against the armies of the [[Arab]] nations of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iraq]], and other Arab militias.  About 6,000 Israelis died in the war, or fully one percent of the population, but the war ended in 1949 with a [[United Nations]]-brokered armistice.  As a result of the war, Israel grew by some 50% over the original Partition of British Palestine.  Some 800,000 Jews were expelled from neighboring Arab states and allowed to settle in Israel.

==Arab threats pre 1948 war==

==Arab threats pre 1948 war==