Skip to content
Benno Rothenberg · CC BY 4.0
Event war Middle East

1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 CE – 1949 CE

Following Israel's declaration of independence on 14 May 1948, five Arab nations invaded. Israel won and expanded beyond the UN partition borders, while over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war

1948 Arab–Israeli War on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

The full record

This moment was taken from a record with a span of its own.

Conflict · Middle East

1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 CE – 1949 CE

Following Israel's declaration of independence on 14 May 1948, five Arab nations invaded. Israel won and expanded beyond the UN partition borders, while over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced.

Standing in 1948 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing 1948 Arab-Israeli War Conflict · Middle East 1948 CE – 1949 CE

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1947 CE Indo-Pakistani Wars 1947 CE Malagasy Uprising 1947 CE Paraguayan Civil War 1948 CE Malayan Emergency 1948 CE La Violencia (Colombia) 1948 CE Costa Rican Civil War
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons