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The UN votes to Partition Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state, the Jewish leaders accept it but the Arab leaders do not
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David Ben-Gurion read out the Declaration of Independence and declared the establishment of a Jewish state called the state of Israel
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The day after Israel declares its independence, five Arab states attacked Israel. Israeli forces fought them off.
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Israel signs an armistice agreement with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria
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Egypt violated the Egyptian-Israeli armistice agreement and blocked Israeli ships from passing through the Suez Canal. This started fighting from Israel and other countries who had interest in the canal
