#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

1520.726 - 1545.893 Steven Bonnell (Destiny)

Their defeat in that civil war between the two communities while the British were withdrawing from Palestine led to the Arab invasion, the invasion by the Arab states in May 1948 of the country. Again, basically with the idea of eradicating or preventing the emergence of a Jewish state in line with the United Nations decision and the will of the international community.