"The Arabs rejected the 2-state solution plan, rejected that the Jews should even have a state (consistent with their eternal hatred of Jews) and started the war."
until the arrival of european zionist in early 1880s, arabs had lived peacefully with jews and christians. nobody ever cared who was of what denomination. arabs would often marry jews and nobody really cared much about it. it all changed with the creation of israel. you can find out about it from countless testimonies of elderly jews and arabs who lived back then. you can find them on youtube as well as somewhere on this forum, google comes handy.
