I think your Jewish heritage is clouding your understanding of history. The "victory" of the Jews was far from "amazing", although routine exposure to Jewish-dominated sources will erroneously indicate that the Jews were outnumbered, cornered, without assistance, and left to fend off their enemies with the most primitive of weapons. Of course, the truth is far from the general perception of this topic. Many supporters of Israel cite the remarkable "fact" that the Israelis themselves were fighting seven or eight different Arab nations/organizations. While this point may be true, it's extremely misleading, because despite this outward Arab "advantage", the Jews had more manpower than every Arab nation combined. The Jews clearly had superior numbers which, whether you want to admit it or not, has great bearing on the outcome of any war. This part is self-explanatory, if you ask me.
Secondly, let us examine the issue of organization and weaponry. The Mandate's history in Palestine is notorious, one of the reasons being their active involvement in demilitarizing Arab communities. The Mandate and Zionist forces were hell-bent on disarming Arab communities within Palestine prior to the '48 war, and made sure that military training was not available to non-Jewish Palestinians. The Anglo/American Committee Report states that prior to the war, Haganah was a highly organized and unified military force, and had Jewish-run terrorist organizations assisting it as well, such as Irgun (up to 6,000 armed terrorists). In Palestine, no such military organizations run by Arabs existed.
The truth is, the Jews were given enormous funds and training by the Zionists, long before the Nakbah occurred. Jews from the Jewish Legion in the British Army offered training and military knowledge as well, who understood the art of war due to their previous deployment in Italy. The Jews of Palestine had military officials with experience guiding the training efforts, massive terrorist groups which were incredibly organized and well-funded, and were accumulating weapons and funds decades before their war for "independence". The British crucially armed the Jews, and trained almost 15,000 Jewish police officers. While the Jews were being funded by both the British and the Zionists, leading to an organized, well-funded military, they had thousands of trained terrorists who actively took part in surprise attacks against docile Arab communities. It's amazing, really: the Jews of Israel today complain about Palestinian guerillas, supporting their claims with Palestinian acts of "terrorism", the classic example being the "bus bombing". Here's a photo of a Palestinian bus which was bombed by a Jewish Irgun terrorist, in 1947 (seventeen Palestinians died):
Overall, I don't see anything "amazing" about the Jewish victory in '48. It was highly predictable and, if anything, less dominating than an educated man would think it to be. The Jews were armed and trained by one of the world's greatest military forces, and funded by some of the world's richest men. Many Jewish commanders had experience in warfare, under the British Army's command earlier in their lives. The Arabs in Palestine were mostly illiterate and poor, with little to no funds, unsophisticated weaponry, and lacked military experience/professional training. The same can be said of the small Arab forces deployed by neighbouring Arab nations. It was a war that the Arabs were destined to lose.
As for "capturing land is a defensive move", I'm not entirely sure if many Jews would echoe your sentiments. Were the ancient Romans, conquerors of Palestine and destroyers of the revered Jewish Temple, conducting defensive operations? The Jews of Ashkenazim have no business whatsoever in Palestine; their history pertains to Europe, and nothing else. The Jews of Sephardim who favor religious equality over separatism and exclusivism are free to stay. Anything short of this demand will miserably fail. This demand will either be met with approval, or it will be met with the full-scale destruction of Israel and its inhabitants. Israel, like all apartheid occupations, is only a temporary construct; the fathers of Israel knew this full well. The biggest question is, will Jews and Arabs learn to put aside their differences, or will the severely outnumbered Jews of Israel go through a second holocaust after their provider, the U.S., collapses? After all, the only purpose of Israel and Political Zionism is to foment a third World War, with the Muslim world being the target. The Jews in Israel just may be the most unfortunate people of all: throughout the seemingly endless line of foreseeable wars, they are always going to be in the centre of attention. If they think they're in danger now, just wait until America falls.
Kadark
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