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Originally Posted by astralis
kansas bear,
unfortunately, too simplistic. yes, nationalism was there (at that point, i don't think it would have been fair to call it ultra-nationalist). the creation of the israeli state in that area prompted very real fears about colonialism,
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I would have considered this a motivating factor, except that the Brits DID remove their troops prior to Israel's proclamation of statehood. Stan187's summation "hit the nail on the head".
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Originally Posted by Stan187
Think about it. The creation of Israel was blessing from Allah for unpopular Arab governments, it gave them a physical entity that they could blame all of their problems on, thus diverting the populations resentment away from them and towards the Israelis.
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both in the action of actually creating the state THERE, of all places, and of fears that israel would be used as a staging ground for further imperial adventures.
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Yet, there were NO European troops in Israel/Palestine May 14, 1948. The Arab nations knew this, and had their troops(from as far away as Iraq) already in position to attack Israel.