Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Following the 1947 , on 14 May 1948 , the Executive Head of the and president of the , Israel a state independent from the . Neighboring Arab states the next day in support of the Palestinian Arabs. Since then, Israel has fought with neighboring Arab states, and has , including the , , and the , beyond those delineated in the . Portions of these territories, including Jerusalem, have been annexed by Israel but the border with the neighboring West Bank is still not formally defined, as a result of the complex and unresolved political situation.