may 14, 1948 - First Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)
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The day after proclamation of Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Transjordan and Egypt invade the country. Israel wins thanks to military expertise, divisions within Arab armies, aid from Europe and a weakened Palestine. Referred to by Arabs as 'Nakba' (=Catastrophe, which translates to Shoah in Hebrew and echoes the Holocaust).
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