 Complete the following phrase:  Pakistan and Palestinian Authority have a very close and political relationship. During the 1948 Palestine War 19471949, Israels diplomatic mission in Washington received information that Pakistan was trying to provide military assistance to the Arabs, including rumors that a Pakistani battalion would be sent to Palestine to fight alongside them. Pakistan bought 250,000 rifles in Czechoslovakia that apparently were meant for the Arabs. Also, it became known that Pakistan bought three planes in Italy for the Egyptians. The Pakistan Air-Force participated in the 1967 and 1973 ArabIsraeli wars, Pakistani pilots flying Jordanian and Syrian planes downed some Israeli planes, whereas in the 