Following the expiration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mandatory Palestine">The British Mandate for Palestine</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Egypt" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Egypt">Kingdom of Egypt</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jordan">Transjordan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> invade <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel">Israel</a> thus starting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>.