> Several things to remember about the region at the time, what we know
> now as Israel was set up by UN mandate in 1949 out of British
> controlled Palestine. Immediately after the independence mandate took
> effect the territory was invaded by what is now Egypt, Jordan, Syria
> and Lebannon.
Actually, it was set up / declared independence in 1948 and was immediately invaded. After more then a year of fighting a truce was declared and the front lines of that time are what we now know as Israel.
Jochem
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