The Friendly Belligerents This chapter examines the changes in
King Abdullah's strategy after the resumption of the Arab-
Israeli War. The weakness of the Arab Legion and the prospect of
its annihilation in renewed fighting in Palestine provided King
Abdullah a powerful incentive to negotiate with the Israelis.
However, the Israelis were in no particular hurry to enter
negotiations and under no pressure to make any concessions.
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion was emboldened by the capture of
Galilee and the banishing of the Lebanese Army and Fawzi al-
Qawuqji's irregulars to start making plans for rolling back the
Hashemite armies across the Jordan. Oxford Scholarship Online
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