en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
during the first phase of the second stage of the war, they started receiving shipments. the first stage of the entire war (before the wider intervention of Arab nations) was in 1947, a year before any of the shipments arrived. this means they had to import everything after the British blockade was lifted at the start of the first phase of the second stage of the war.

didn't mean to post the link again. sorry. tired.

on day one, they didn't, as it had been purchased but not shipped over, as evident by the fact that they only began to ship in major arms when the British blockade ended.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
I know i posted the link to the second phase, but the war itself was one single war for everyone observing.

A war that started in 48 after the Israelis had stockpiled since 46.
It's 4AM here and I've barely slept this so I could be missing the exact text you refer to but I can't see anywhere that says "they had no planes tanks or artillery to repel the attack"

Hey man we all do. Part of what I love about this site is that you get new info all the time and it makes you see events differently to how your perceptions were before.

Don't know why characterlimit felt the need to thumb us both down. Either state your opinion or leave us to our own devices

This is referring to the second stage of the war. i may have used the link to that page Israel didn't have any tanks, planes, or artillery on the ground at the outbreak of the second stage, as that couldn't be flown in or wasn't according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_shipments_from_Czechoslovakia_to_Israel_1947%E2%80%9349
and the British blockade didn't allow for any shipments of arms until 15 May - 11 June according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
about half way through the fourth paragraph.

Some of the aircraft were lost en route to Israel. The delivery of aircraft began on May 20, 1948, and was conducted from the Czech airfield near the town of Žatec. Some of Avia fighters were dismantled and flown to Israel in transport airplanes.[4]

Some of the deliveries were not finished until after cessation of hostilities. Only eighteen Spitfires reached Israel prior to end of war by direct flight from Czechoslovakia during operations Velvetta 1 in September (6 planes) and Velvetta 2 in December 1948 (12 planes), both operations with a refueling stop in Yugoslavia. During operation Velvetta 2 Spitfires were repainted in Yugoslav Air Force markings for the flight from Kunovice to Nikšić.[5] The rest were shipped in crates, officially declared as scrap iron, along with 12 Merlin 66 engines, and deliveries lasted until the end of April 1950."

This is the closest evidence I can see to the point your making, but refers solely to the aircraft provided from Czechoslovakia and doesn't include the American given planes

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
during the first phase of the second stage of the war, they started receiving shipments. the first stage of the entire war (before the wider intervention of Arab nations) was in 1947, a year before any of the shipments arrived. this means they had to import everything after the British blockade was lifted at the start of the first phase of the second stage of the war.

didn't mean to post the link again. sorry. tired.

never mind, just realized you copied from wikipedia. checking now.

i genuinely didn't know this, can i have a url or the name of a book. if i was wrong i want to be informed. also, i made no mention of any machine guns or rifles, and my primary source wasen't wikipedia, but that was a quick way to reference the wars.

Heartlessrobot wins it again

No need to thumb me down dude. If you read comment 39 below I state that properly boiled leather will work to protect you but better against stabbing attacks than blunt force attacks. And the question heartlessrobot asked was would you rather wear a north face jacket or a fake leather jacket.

I'm gonna choose the padded jacket thanks

Have you ever been hit with a bat? Toughened leather would stop certain stabbing attacks but a leather jacket isn't gonna stop you feeling the full extent of a blunt force trauma.
Your best bet is to have something that is padded and gives you an extra layer of protection. I'm not saying it's not gonna suck still but it's gonna be better than having what is a essentially another layer of skin

Heartlessrobot wins it again

I have huge respect for the Ottoman Empire, and yes, the modern issues descend from the failure of the European powers to understand the people they ruled.

But the pilgrimages were regularly attacked and the Saracen occupation of Jerusalem was slowly forcing the Christian population away.
The Third Crusade put into written word that all religions had a right to the land which is one of the best outcomes of any war ever. Only one major battle that was won fairly easily although I admit the civilian losses are disgusting and part of the reason that it was ended so quickly was the great respect between Richard Lionheart and and Salahudin

Hey man we all do. Part of what I love about this site is that you get new info all the time and it makes you see events differently to how your perceptions were before.

Don't know why characterlimit felt the need to thumb us both down. Either state your opinion or leave us to our own devices

no, on day one they didn't have tanks, or planes, or artillery, but every nation around them did.

Not true in the slightest, your own source says otherwise

on day one, they didn't, as it had been purchased but not shipped over, as evident by the fact that they only began to ship in major arms when the British blockade ended.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
I know i posted the link to the second phase, but the war itself was one single war for everyone observing.

A war that started in 48 after the Israelis had stockpiled since 46.
It's 4AM here and I've barely slept this so I could be missing the exact text you refer to but I can't see anywhere that says "they had no planes tanks or artillery to repel the attack"

I'm not saying the Arabs should have won, I'm just saying the got fucked

Yeah it happens. Sometimes things don't go the way they should, like Korea or Vietnam or the Battle of Britain.

Some times the little guy wins.