Israel's War of Independence Trivia Quiz

Answer: Three Jewish buses were attacked and the Arab prisoners in the British prison in Acre rioted.

Two of the buses were on their way from Netanya to Jerusalem, and seven Jews were killed in these attacks. The third bus was on its way from Nazareth to Haifa. The general strike was announced on December 2. The meeting in Cairo took place on December 8. The Egyptian army invaded at the same time as the other armies, in May of 1948 after the State of Israel was created.

Answer: One

With no barrel!

Answer: April 1948

The new strategy was first implemented in operation "Nahshon", which began on the night of April 2, and the objective of which was to seize control of the road to Jerusalem in order to allow the transfer of supplies and reinforcements to the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem, which was besieged.

The operation was successful, but was only one of many battles that would take place in and around Jerusalem.

Answer: Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.

The Jordanian forces were the "Arab Legion" which had been part of the British forces until Britain's withdrawal (Jordan was actually the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan at the time). Initially the five armies planned to create a common command center, but they had too many disagreements, and eventually they just divided the different fighting zones amongst themselves. Jordan objected to the initial plan because they suspected that it benefited Syrian interests more than their own. Egypt refused to confirm their participation in the invasion until May 12. Lebanon made a last minute change in the plan, because the Christians and the Shiite Muslims in South Lebanon objected to the invasion.

Answer: "Tinok"

"Tinok" means baby. "Heram" and "Kilshon" were also operations during the war. Operation "Tinok" took place between 15-19 of May 1948, and the entire non-fighting populations of "Hartov", "Gat", "Kfar Menachem", "Negba" and "Nitzanim" were evacuated.

Answer: There will be no armed militia in Israel, and the IDF will be the only armed force.

This section was important because until then there had been three separate fighting forces. The "Haganah", which was the largest force, was also the most mainstream, and it formed the basis for the IDF. Two more radical groups, "Etzel" and "Lehi", also existed. "Lehi" disarmed and disbanded immediately, but "Etzel" tried to retain a measure of independence, and eventually things heated up to the point where government forces fired on the "Etzel" weapons ship "Altalena" in June.

After that "Etzel" was disarmed and its fighters divided up amongst the IDF units.

Answer: Burma

The road was named after the road that the Allies built from Burma to China during WWII. The other names are operations that were carried out in the Jerusalem area during the war.

Answer: An attack on Egyptian forces near Asdod.

The attack was successful in halting the advance of the Egyptian forces towards Tel Aviv, although this is often attributed to the shock the Egyptian soldiers got when they discovered Israel had fighter planes, rather than to a successful attack.

Answer: True

King Abdullah of Jordan wished to retain control of the areas that had been allocated to the Palestinian state according to the UN partition plan, and to add them to his own kingdom. He secretly contacted the Israeli government and offered to join forces with Israel if Israel would help him get rid of the Iraqi forces in the territories he wished to keep for himself. Israel was unwilling to trust him, but eventually he was able to convince the Arab League to allow him to add these territories to his kingdom, and it became the Hashemite Arab Kingdom.

Answer: Negev

The Golani brigade was the other brigade that was sent to Eilat, and they arrived a day later. Alecsandroni were also part of the operation, but their objectives were different. Giv'ati, Golani and Negev still exist today, although Negev is now a Reserve Forces brigade.