The Role of Libyan Resisters in the War of Palestine 1948

Abstract

The first Arab-Palestinian war 1948 was considered the most serious stages which the Palestinian issue went through .it came as a reaction to the United Nations Resolution of the division of Palestine in 1947 and the declaration of Britain of withdrawal from Palestine as well as the readiness of the Zionists to announce the establishment of their entity. Seven of the independent Arab countries , representing the Arab League , decided to send their troops to Palestine to athwart the Zionist plan and to hinder the establishment of a Zionist entity on the land of Palestine . As with regard to Libya , which was dependent to the military authority of Britain and France at that time after the expulsion of the Italians during the second world war , its people decided to participate in the Holy Jihad throughout the volunteers who formed the first battalion of two hundred Mujahids . Their number was raised to , after short time , to 476 . The Libyan volunteers were distributed to Arab armies. Omar Al-Mukhtar first battalion and the third one are attached to the Egyptian army . it took Falooja and the surrounding villages as a operational field . They achieved important achievement . The Libyan Battalion fought side by side with the Syrian army . It took Gazza as its operational field . Some Libyan volunteers fought with the Iraqi army. They fought in Natalia , Tool Karam ....etc . The Libyan Mujahideen had participated in various battles. Thus the Libyans , Though their limited capabilities and their limited number , they had done a wonderful in the war.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n9p237