 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Zuva iroro, mauto eEgypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan neIraq akapinda munzvimbo yakanga ichangobva kurega kuva yeBritish Mandate, zvichiratidza kutanga kweHondo yeArab-Israeli ya1948. Mauto echiIsraeri akanga achangobva kuumbwa akadzinga marudzi echiArabhu kubva munharaunda dzakanga dzapambwa, nokudaro achiwedzera miganhu yawo kupfuura kugoverwa kwokutanga kweUNSCOP. Pakazosvika December 1948, Israeri akanga ava kudzora chikamu chikuru cheParestina yaitongwa neParamende kumadokero kweRwizi rwaJodhani. Mamwe ose aiva muJodhani, nzvimbo yakazonzi West Bank yaidzorwa neJodhani, uye Gaza Strip yaidzorwa neIjipiti. Pamberi uye panguva yekurwisana uku, maArabu ePalestine 713,000 akatiza nyika dzawo dzekutanga kuti ave vapoteri vePalestine, zvimwe nekuda kwevimbiso kubva kuvatungamiri veArabhu kuti vaizokwanisa kudzoka kana hondo yakundwa, uyewo zvimwe nekuda kwekurwiswa kwemisha nemaguta ePalestine nemauto eIsrael nemapoka echiJudha. VaPalestine vakawanda vakatiza kubva kunzvimbo dzava kunzi Israeri semhinduro kumapoka evarwi vechiJuda vakaita seIrgun neLehi boka vakauraya vanhu mumaguta evaArabhu Ona Deir Yassin massacreChiGerman Hondo yakaguma nokusainwa kweZvibvumirano zvePfungwa Yokuregera Hondo muna 1949 pakati peIsraeri nevavakidzani vayo vose vechiArab. 