The War of Independence, also known as the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was fought in 1948 following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine. [[Israel]]'s successful outcome in this war led to the establishment of the State of [[Israel]]. After this conflict, [[Ernst David Bergmann]] became widely known in the international scientific community as a brilliant organic chemist and director of the chemistry division at the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]].[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2.