<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israeli Declaration of Independence">Israel is declared to be an independent state</a> and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>.