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IMAGO International History, Middle East Conflict, Chronicle, Palestine War 1948-1949

May 17, 2021

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  • Israel Palestine: Israeli forces attack the Arab village of Sassa in Galilee (Al-Jalil), Arab-Israeli War, October 1, 1948. Government Press Officer (Israel) (CC BY-SA 3.0 License) The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled Copyright: xGovernmentxPressxOfficerx(IsraelxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: Palestinian men, women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: Palestinian men, women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: A force of Israeli Palmach armoured cars in the Negev Desert, Arab-Israeli War, 1948 The 1948 Arab Israeli War or the First Arab Israeli War was fought between the State of Israel and a military coalition of Arab states. In Hebrew it is known as The War of Independence or The War of Liberation . This war formed the second stage of the 1948 Palestine war, known in Arabic as The Nakba or Catastrophe . Copyright: xKlugerxZoltanxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: Palestinian women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: Palestinians driven from their homes at gunpoint by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: Palestinian women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Israel Palestine: Palestinian refugees driven from Galilee by Israeli forces in October November 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War.<br ><br > The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes.<br ><br > Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • FOLKE BERNADOTTE (1895-1948). Count of Wisborg and Swedish diplomat. Bernadotte (center) with his staff in Jerusalem, c1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170286
  • JERUSALEM: STREET, 1948. Princess Mary Avenue in Jerusalem s Old City, filled with barbed wire to keep Arabs and Jews from interacting with each other, as the British Mandate of Palestine was terminated, May 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0122982
  • FOLKE BERNADOTTE (1895-1948). Count of Wisborg and Swedish diplomat, appointed as the United Nations mediator in Palestine in 1948. Bernadotte (left) with his chief of staff, General Aage Lundstrum, 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0106999
  • FOLKE BERNADOTTE (1895-1948). Count of Wisborg and Swedish diplomat, appointed as the United Nations mediator in Palestine in 1948. Bernadotte giving a speech at LaGuardia airport in New York City, July 1948. Beside him is his wife, Estelle Manville. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0106988
  • FOLKE BERNADOTTE (1895-1948). Count of Wisborg and Swedish diplomat, appointed as the United Nations mediator in Palestine in 1948. Bernadotte and his wife, Estelle, greeted by United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie at LaGuardia airport in New York City, 12 July 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0106982
  • Israel War of Independence: May 1948 Arab fighter on the streets of Jerusalem as a boy searches in the rubble., Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_179_0803 EDITORIAL USE ONLY !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Photograph taken during the Israeli War of Independence 1948. Dated 20th Century, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_101_0115 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCH TZT!
  • Parade of the newly formed, Israeli Army established during Israel s War of independence 1948, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_096_0341 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Israeli Soldiers, Arab-Israeli War, 1948 (b w photo) 1701018 Israeli Soldiers, Arab-Israeli War, 1948 (b w photo); (add.info.: 1948 Arab-Israeli War in 1948 (after independence of Israel in 1948) : israeli soldiers defending position with submachine gun). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1701018
  • Arab-Israeli War, 1948 (b w photo) 1701017 Arab-Israeli War, 1948 (b w photo); (add.info.: The 1948 (or First) Arab Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1947 1949 Palestine war.). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1701017
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israeli General and politician, 1949. Artist: Unknown Copyright:xFromxthexJewishxChroniclexArchive HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,1198444 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:FromxthexJewishxChroniclexArchive HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • Arab Refugees are living in the open air near Jericho, Palestine. Dec. 14, 1948. During the 1948 Palestine War, 85% (720,000 people) of the Palestinian Arab population left their homes in Israel. - (BSLOC_2014_15_208) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC767
  • Jewish girls receive military training from the militant Jewish group, Irgun, June 27, 1948. Irgun, was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Palestine between 1931 and 1948. - (BSLOC_2014_15_204) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC763
  • Mother and her family fleeing from square block of buildings in the Jewish district of Jerusalem, which were blasted to rubble in February 1948. Photo by Lasar Dunner. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL019 EC111
  • Arab Legion troops cheered on their way to the battlefield. Photo shows ; Waving a knife, a Transjordan men give a cheer to Arab Legion troops on their way to the battlefront. 23 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379560
  • Arab prisoners at Acre in battle for Lebanese border. The Jewish and Lebanese forces now face each other 1,000 yards apart at Ras El Naqura on the Lebanese Frontier in the battle for the border which is the latest development that followed the fall of Acre. Haganah cleared the coastal road from Acre towards the frontier and brought many prisoners back to Acre. Photo shows ; Arab prisoners seen with their hands up as they were taken for interrogation on arrival at Acre . 17 May 1948, ACRE Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379557
  • Arab prisoners at Acre in battle for Lebanese border. The Jewish and Lebanese forces now face each other 1,000 yards apart at Ras El Naqura on the Lebanese Frontier in the battle for the border which is the latest development that followed the fall of Acre. Haganah cleared the coastal road from Acre towards the frontier and brought many prisoners back to Acre. Photo shows ; Some of the Arab prisoners seen shortly after arrival in Acre. 27 May 1948, Acre Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379556
  • Latest reports from Palestine , following the end of the British mandate at midnight last night , say that Egyptian and Transjordan troops have invaded Palestine, and Syrian and Lebanese troops are poised on the borders. The actual invasions reported have begun several hours before Britain s mandate ended. Photo shows ; This picture shows the Arab legion troops on the move in tanks . 15 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379554
  • Latest reports from Palestine , following the end of the British mandate at midnight last night , say that Egyptian and Transjordan troops have invaded Palestine, and Syrian and Lebanese troops are poised on the borders. The actual invasions reported have begun several hours before Britain s mandate ended. Photo shows ; This latest picture shows Arab guerilla forces wating for the command to move into Palestine. 15 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379553
  • These are the first pictures to be received from Haifa since the Jewish seizure of the town. The only part not occupied being the British held dock area. Photo shows ; A British soldier and a Haganah man guarding one of the entrances to Haifa port. 11 May 1948, Haifa Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379552
  • These are the first pictures to be received from Haifa since the Jewish seizure of the town. The only part not occupied being the British held dock area. Photo shows ; Haganah troops patrolling Khamra Square in the Arab business centre of Haifa. 11 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379550
  • Arab Legion on police duty in palestine . At the recent Amman conference Arab Leaders declared war on Zionism and said that Arab forces would occupy Palestine but the news of the Jerusalem ceasefire brings a gleam of hope that a truce may yet be obtained . Photo shows: Troops of the Arab Legion doing police duty Somewhere in Palestine 8 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379545
  • Arab Legion on police duty in palestine . At the recent Amman conference Arab Leaders declared war on Zionism and said that Arab forces would occupy Palestine but the news of the Jerusalem ceasefire brings a gleam of hope that a truce may yet be obtained . Photo shows: Troops of the Arab Legion doing police duty Somewhere in Palestine 8 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379544
  • As the battle for Palestine continues Arabs are putting in more and more recruits who are hastily trained and equipped . Latest news says that the old City of Jerusalem has been captured by the Arab Legion who are now preparing for an assault on the new areas of Jerusalem. Photo shows ; Arab recruits are hastily trained at an unknown spot to join in the battle for Jerusalem. 31 May 1948, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379532
  • King Abdullah says I march on Palestine .......... to lead his forces to quell Zionism .... Abdullah, 66 year old warrior - King of Transjordan, has revealed that Syrian and Lebanese forces have been placed at his disposal to quell zionism , and declared I shall put myself at the head of my troops and enter Palestine . It has been reported that the Jewish Agency has telegraphed King Abdullah, suggesting that a conference of responsible leaders be held. Photo shows; Transjordan s army is small but it has modern weapons. Here is an armoured car section, seen during a parade. 27 April 1948, Jordan Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379405
  • Egyptian troops cheer King Farouk after their victory at Deir Suneid settlement - while the rest of the world awaits cease fire in Palestine. While the rest of the world is wondering if the cease fire call to Jews and Arabs by the United NationsSecurity Council will be observed by both armies, the fighting goes on as fiercely as ever. Photo shows ; Egyptian troops seen cheering King Farouk after their victory at Deir Duneid settlement, north of Gaza , recently. 24 May 1948, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379403
  • Jews and Arabs in Battle for the Lifeline - bitter fighting for the Tel Aviv highway . Photo shows ; Mahmoud Bey Mahdi , Syrian Commander of the Central Area , Arab Liberation Army , seen at right with some of his officers , inspecting , through field - glasses , the effects of a bombardment on Bab El Wad , three miles from Latrun , on the Tel Aviv highway towards the New City of Jerusalem . Bitter fighting is now taking place in this area in what is known as the Battle for the Lifeline . 31 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1313307
  • Palestinian refugees during the Arab Israeli war of 1948 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_061_0789
  • Palestinian irregulars near a burnt armoured Haganah supply truck, the road to Jerusalem, 1948 during the Israeli war of independence WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_059_0122
  • Charted by the United Nations this plane was used by UN mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte and his staff in their travels to the countries of the Middle East. The aircraft is a DC-3 Douglas Transport and is painted white with Red Cross insignia and the words United Nations in English and French. 1948, Vereinte Nationen, UN UnitedArchives00283173
  • Israeli troops seen as they examine the wreckage of an Egyptian plane after it had been brought down during a bombing attack on the city of Tel Aviv during the battle between Jews and Arabs for Palestine . June 1948 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1273422
  • The Women s Auxiliary Force of Israel , Anti Aircraft guard near Jerusalem . Young members of Israel s CH . E . N . - the Women s Auxiliary Forces of the Jewish Forces in Palestine - seen as they look for hostile aircraft on the outskirts of Jerusalem . 1948 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1273420
  • The capture of Beersheba by Israeli Forces . Beersheba is situated astride a number of Israeli settlements . For many months these settlements were cut off from all sources of supply as the Egyptians opposed the free passage of supply convoys . Israeli forces have now managed to capture Beersheba . Photo shows : Mopping up operations in Beersheba - Egyptian prisoners are brought in - some Sudanese and Saudi troops were among them . 1948 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1273419
  • Israel s new road into Jerusalem opened by the jeep column that broke through the siege . 1948 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1273418
  • Count Bernadotte wants to end all this - the havoc of war in Tel Aviv . Count Bernadotte is fixing the date for the four weeks truce in the hopes of ending the tragedy of the Palestine war , which is typified by a bomb raid in Tel Aviv . Photo shows : Wounded being helped into ambulances after a bomb raid on Tel Aviv . June 1948 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1273413