Fighting between the Arabs and the Jews in mandatory Palestine escalated and as the British withdrew in 1948, the state of Israel declared its independence, thus starting the continuous arab-israeli conflict that has remained ever since.

在巴勒斯坦委任统治区，阿拉伯人和犹太人之间的战斗不断升级，1948 年英国撤军后，以色列国宣布独立，从此开始了持续至今的阿以冲突。