4. in 1947, a united nations resolution divided the nation of palestine into a jewish state and an arab state. around this time, a mass jewish migration out of europe took place, as jews were fleeing anti-semitism and seeking refuge in the newly formed state of israel. one year later, israel declared itself an independent nation. angry over this declaration, neighboring arab nations invaded israel, starting the first arab-israel war. according to the passage, what was the reason for the first arab-israeli war? israel's declaration of independence the united nation's partition pl