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[edit] Yemeni contingent

I'm currently doing research on Yemen, and I cannot find any source which states that Yemen sent an expeditionary force. Given that the British controlled Aden at this time, and Imam Yahya has hardly concerned with matters outside of his area of influence, I find this highly unlikely. Unless someone provides a source, I think it should probably be deleted. Chris kupka 19:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

A map from New York Times  A M M A R  22:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure what this image is supposed to be proving, but I agree with Chris. From what I have read Yemen did not have an army at this time and would have had no ability to move troops to Palestine. Thus, unless someone produces any credible evidence that Yemen was involved, I support Chris' idea of deleting the misleading information. Additionally, Saudi Arabia did not have an army during this period either. At the very least the article is confusing because it implies that the governments of Yemen and Saudi Arabia sent troops which is false. DruidODurham (talk) 15:36, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
a reference.  A M M A R  04:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
OK, I'm deleting it from the main page. Sorry it took me, what, two years? ChrisKupka (talk) 15:16, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


I do not know about Yemen, but in the book "Israel: A History" by Martin Gilbert, the author says "Even Saudi Arabia sent a small contingent, that fought under Egyptian command."(Page 193). Therefore to say that Saudi Arabia didn't encourage forces to fight in 1948 would be false. Just to point out in another wiki article it says "Saudi-Arabia and Sudan also sent forces to participate in the invasion." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel#The_War_of_Independence:_the_Arab_invasion_phase —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clockward Orange (talk • contribs) 19:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

A new review of Benny Morris; might be useful for a source of neutral summaries rather than quotemining from his book, not that I am implying for a moment that anyone in these and related articles might do something of that sort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Relata refero (talk • contribs) 07:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 15 May 1948 or 14 May 1948

The article implies that the British Mandate of Palestine dissolved on 15 May 1948 but I've always heard May 14th as the date. The British Mandate of Palestine article isn't very clear on the issue either. Which is the commonly accepted date, May 14th or 15th? Jason Quinn (talk) 20:37, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

It seems as if there's a bias involved in the date itself. Some use May 14th as it was the date of independence of Israel and others use May 15th as it is the day the League of Arab States announced an intended United State of Palestine. What should we do in the article? Any history buffs want to elucidate this? Jason Quinn (talk) 20:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
The mandate was set to expire at 00:00 local time 15 May. The British had physically abandoned their last bastions of authority ("Bevingrad") early morning 14 May, arguably terminating the Mandate, and the Zionists were aware of their timetable before hand. Israel proclaimed independence at 16:00 local time 14 May - probably would have been sooner, only 14 May was a Saturday and declaring the Jewish State during the Sabbath would have been a faux pas to put it mildly. <eleland/talkedits> 17:27, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Reference Problem

The sentence "During the period beginning in December 1947 and ending in January 1948, it was estimated that nearly 1,000 people were killed and 2,000 people were injured" is referenced, using [34], to "Special UN commission (16 April 1948), § II.5" However, the link for that is on the very same page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab-Israeli_War#rapport_special and the #rapport_special apparently no longer exists. What was the original referencing information for this sentence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PinkWorld (talk • contribs) 19:57, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Casualties and Losses:

According to this article, only the Israeli side suffered civilians casualties. How is that possible? --Fiolou (talk) 20:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Was Lebanon a "belligerent?"

I notice Lebanon is listed, but on the page of Lebanon itself, it says it did not invade Israel, decided at the last minute.Tallicfan20 (talk) 10:39, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Lebanon did not have much of an army then (about 3000 including support personnel). Lebanon decided to not follow the Arab League plan that would have taken it deep inside Palestine. But there was one brief engagement with Israeli forces: for a few days Lebanon took the village of Malikiyya 700 meters inside Palestine. So both pages are correct. Zerotalk 11:09, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


Spelling of Hebrew words: Hello. The name of the war in the Hebrew transcription should be Milhemet Ha'Atzma'ut, not Milhamat. The correction is to use two e's and not a's, regardless of the decision about the letter Het (H, KH, CH). Likewise Milhemet HaShihrur, Milhemet HaKomemiut and so forth. Thank you

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