- 1. When did the British officially announce their decision to withdraw from Palestine?
A) 1946
B) 1947
C) 1948
D) 1950
- 2. Which organization proposed the partition plan for Palestine that led to the establishment of the state of Israel?
A) United Nations
B) NATO
C) European Union
D) Arab League
- 3. Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
A) Golda Meir
B) Menachem Begin
C) David Ben-Gurion
D) Theodor Herzl
- 4. Which two conflicting groups signed armistice agreements in 1949 to end the first Arab-Israeli War?
A) Jordan and Syria, Lebanon and Syria
B) Israel and Lebanon, Israel and Syria
C) Egypt and Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon
D) Israel and Egypt, Israel and Jordan
- 5. Who was the British High Commissioner of Palestine at the time of the decision to withdraw?
A) Herbert Samuel
B) William Fitzgerald
C) Alan Cunningham
D) John Chancellor
- 6. Which country was the first to recognize the newly established state of Israel?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) France
D) Soviet Union
- 7. Who served as the first President of Israel?
A) Chaim Weizmann
B) Abba Eban
C) Yitzhak Rabin
D) Moshe Sharett
- 8. What term is used to refer to the dispersal of Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 war?
A) Exodus
B) Pogrom
C) Intifada
D) Nakba
- 9. Which city was declared the capital of Israel following its establishment?
A) Tel Aviv
B) Haifa
C) Beersheba
D) Jerusalem
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