You might be interested in some previous threads on Israel and Palestine in 1948:

• Why did the Arab states fail in the War of 1948? Why did Israel Succeed? - 97 comments, over 2 years old.
• The commenters do a mostly military analysis of Israeli strengths and Arab weaknesses during the war.
• What were the mechanisms by which the state of Israel was created and how, if at all, did those responsible plan to deal with those already living on the land. How did the creation of the state look on the ground? Were those responsible surprised conflict erupted? - 64 comments, over 9 months old.
• A flaired commenter gives a long but detailed overview of the Israel's creation from a politically focused perspective particularly on the British involvement in the conflict with the actual fighting tackled in the second half of their second post in their comment chain as they end with the 1948 war.
• Why was there a need for the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947? - 8 comments, over 6 months old.
• The same flaired commenter gives ample content to the two main sides of the story while squeezing in views and interests of other powers towards the end.