Jerusalem War

## Participants

Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaMashriq Caliphate

People's Republic of Jordan

People's Republic of Kurdistan

Royal Jordanian Army

Soviet Union

United Kingdom

The Jerusalem War was a major Middle Eastern conflict that lasted from June 10th, 1960 to October 15th, 1962. The Jerusalem War was the culmination of decades of Zionism, Arab Nationalism, British Colonialism and religious extremism that was sparked by the Kurdish War of Independence.

## Participants

* France: Michel Debré
* Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
* Mashriq Caliphate: Mohammed Amin al-Husseini
* People's Republic of Jordan: Yacoub Zaiadeen (May 1st, 1961 onwards)
* People's Republic of Kurdistan: Qazi Muhammad
* Royal Jordanian Army: General Habis al-Majali under the command of King Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
* Soviet Union: Georgy Malenkov
* United Kingdom: Maurice Harold Macmillan

**Insurgent Groups:**

* Aramaean Christian Army: Led by Emil Ghuri, the Aramaean Christian Army was a paramilitary force composed of Christian Arabs who sought to combat the anti-Christian Mashriq forces and the racist Tenth Crusaders.

* Communist Party of Palestine: Led by Fu'ad Nassar, they sought to establish a communist state in Palestine and then unite with the People's Republic of Jordan.
* Maccabean Army: Led by Avraham Stern, a far-right Jewish nationalist group that sought to establish a Jewish nationalist state in Palestine.

* The Tenth Crusaders: Led by Byron De La Beckwith, the Tenth Crusaders were White Christian supremacists who supported a White Nationalist Christian State in Palestine. They followed principles of Christian Identity and British Israelism.

* United Canaanite Army: Led by Emile Habibi, the United Canaanite Army was a united front of Muslims, Christians and Jews who opposed both the far-left Levantine Communists and the far-right insurgent movements and Mashriq Caliphate.

## Timeline of the Jerusalem War

-June 10th, 1960: On the 44th anniversary of
the Arab Revolt, members of the extremist Mashriq party led by Mohammed Amin
al-Husseini began a revolt against British rule in Palestine and Jordan. They
planned to establish the Mashriq Caliphate, a united Arab caliphate centered on
Jerusalem and implement Islamic law and expel all non-Muslims. This begins the
Jerusalem War. The British army is fairly incapable in fighting the guerilla
forces of the Mashriqis.

-December 30th, 1960: Mashriqi forces capture Jerusalem
and establishes the Mashriq Caliphate with Mohammed Amin al-Husseini being
crowned Caliph of Palestine as Caliph Al-Husseini I.

-December 31st, 1960: Caliph Al-Husseini I immediately
issues a decree denouncing communism as a creation of “Western Jewish Zionists”
and calls for a purge of all communists from the Caliphate.

-January 1st, 1961: Following Caliph Al-Husseini I’s
decree, many Palestinian communists flee to Jordan. They start receiving
Kurdish reinforcements and Soviet supplies.

-May 1st, 1961: Palestinian, Kurdish and Jordanian
communists overthrow King Abdullah I Hussein of Jordan and establish the
People’s Republic of Jordan. The Palestinian and Jordanian communists unite to
form the Communist Party of the Levant.

-May 10th, 1961: Caliph Al-Husseini I is outraged by the
communist state that cropped up on its borders and as such calls for a Tathir
or “cleansing” of the Mashriq Caliphate by purging it of non-Arabs and
non-Muslims.

-May 20th, 1961: In response to the Caliph’s call for a
Tathir, multiple factions crop up in Mashriq and Jordan. Including the Tenth Crusaders, Maccabean Army, Aramaean Christian Army and the United Canaanite Army.

-May 31st, 1961: In response to the chaos in the Middle
East, the British land troops in Palestine to try and reinstall British rule in
the ex-Commonwealth. They begin aiding the Royal Jordanian Army which had fled
to Saudi Arabia. They also shift from aiding the Mashriq Caliphate to aiding
the United Canaanite Army. The UCA receives funding from the British, French
and Pro-Democracy Jews in Galitsia.

-June 10th, 1961: Jews are massacred by Mashriq forces
in the city of Tel Aviv. This later becomes known as the “Yom Shel Dimot” or
“Day of Tears”.

-June 15th, 1961: In response to the massacre in Tel
Aviv, many Jews in Galitsia begin joining Volunteer forces in Palestine to
support the United Canaanite Army, Communist Party of the Levant and the
Maccabean Army.

-July 10th, 1961: Communist forces capture the so-called
“Winston's Hiccup” Region as well as the important coast of the Saudi half of
the Gulf of Aqaba (Tabuk Region).

-August 30th, 1961: Maccabean insurgents capture the
Haifa District and Acre Sub-District. In response Aramaean insurgents capture the
Nazareth and Tiberias Sub-District. The United Canaanite Army establishes a
front after it captures the Lydda District and parts of the Gazza District.
Levantine Communists mainly control parts of the Beersheba District. The Tenth
Crusaders take parts of Southern Gaza and commit mass attacks against the
native Muslims as well as commit guerilla attacks in the Hebron Sub-District.

-December 10th, 1961: The United Canaanite Army expands
to take the Tulkarm Sub-District and the Gaza District. Aramaeans expand into
Safad. The Mashriq Army was more so focused on defeating the communists and as
such deals with a guerilla war against the communists in the Beersheba Sub-District
and in the Negev Desert.

-March 10th, 1962: The Aramaean Christian Army is
absorbed by the United Canaanite Army.

-March 30th, 1962: The newly expanded United Canaanite
Army pushes the Maccabeans out of Haifa and Acre. The United Canaanite Army now controls Gaza,
Ramle, Jaffa, Tulkarm, Haifa, Acre, Nazareth, Tiberias and Safed. Many
Maccabeans return

-May 1st, 1962: The United Canaanite Army captures Jenin and Beisan
Sub-Districts.

-July 30th, 1962: The United Canaanite Army captures Nablus, Hebron and
the northern Negev.

-September 1st, 1962: The United Canaanite Army captures Ramallah.

-September 30th, 1962: The United Canaanite Army encircles Jerusalem.

-October 15th, 1962: The United Canaanite Army captures
Jerusalem and establishes the Federation of Canaan, a multiethnic, multilingual
and multi-religious democratic state. This ends the Jerusalem War.

## Flags of Jerusalem War Factions

Aramaean Christian ArmyCommunist Party of PalestineKingdom of Saudi ArabiaMaccabean ArmyMashriq CaliphatePeople's Republic of JordanPeople's Republic of KurdistanRoyal Jordanian ArmyTenth CrusadersUnited Canaanite Army