First Palestinian War

The First Palestinian War was a war of independence carried out by Jews in the Principality of Transjordan, a federal part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 1946 and 1949. The Jewish rebels had strong support from the Kingdom of Italy, and to a lesser extent from the French State, while Saudi Arabia only had Egypt as a source of open support.
The rebellion dragged on for three years with little end in sight, with the Jewish rebels being heavily financed and armed by Mussolini's Italy. Eventually the Jewish rebels on the upper hand and, with Italy effectively threatening a declaration of war if the Saudi's didn't agree to a peace treaty. In the ensuing Treaty of Jaffa the Saudi's gave independence to the State of Israel, while in the Treaty of Haifa the newly formed Israel effectively agreed to become an Italian client state within the Latin Bloc.
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