Issues
41 issues found.
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World War I (1914-1918)
Balfour Declaration Britain France Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Sykes-Picot Agreement World War IA global war conducted between 1914 and 1918, in which the Allied Powers, led by Britain, France, Japan, Russia (to 1917) and the United States (from 1917), fought the Central Powers, led by the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. -
CCP Working Paper on the Holy Places (1949)
A working paper prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (CCP), published on 8 April 1949. -
Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel (1948)
1948 War Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones People's Council People's Executive Provisional State Council Provisional State Government Tel AvivA declaration adopted at a special session of the Yishuv People’s Council in Tel Aviv, on 14 May 1948, establishing Israel as a Jewish state in the Land of Israel. -
Termination of the Mandate for Palestine (1948)
The termination of the Mandate for Palestine, approved by the League of Nations in 1922, and administered by Britain, on 15 May 1948. -
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 - Partition Plan (1947)
A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 29 November 1947 by a vote of 33 For (including the United States and the Soviet Union), 13 Against, 10 Abstaining (including Britain), 1 Absent. -
1948 War
Known in Israel as the War of Independence, and in the Arab World as the Nakba (Catastrophe). -
Soviet Proposals on Palestine Submitted to Subcommittee 1 of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question (1947)
A statement made by Soviet diplomat S. -
UNSCOP Report (1947)
Britain Economic Union Federation Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Minority Rights PartitionThe final report issued by the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) on 3 September 1947. -
Morrison-Grady Scheme (Plan for Provincial Autonomy, 1946)
A plan for the partition of Palestine, drawn up by an expert committee led by British Deputy PM Herbert Morrison and American diplomat Henry Grady. -
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Report (1946)
Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951) Britain Immigration Land Sale Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Partition United StatesThe final report by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, established at the initiative of British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, and composed of six British and six American members. -
Palestine Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
A set of regulations enacted by the High Commissioner for Palestine, under his authority under the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937, and published in the Palestine Gazette on 27 September 1945. -
Biltmore Program (1942)
A program adopted at an “Extraordinary Zionist Conference” at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, NY, on 11 May 1942. -
Land Transfers Regulations (1940)
Regulations enacted by the British High Commissioner for Palestine, Harold MacMichael, on 28 February 1940. -
Woodhead Commission (Palestine Partition Commission) Report (1938)
Abdullah I of Jordan (1882-1951) Britain Jewish Agency Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Peel Commission Woodhead CommissionThe final report issued by the Palestine Partition Commission on 9 November 1938. -
Jewish Agency Partition Proposal to the Woodhead Commission (1938)
Ben-Gurion, David (1886-1973) Jewish Agency Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Unilateral Initiatives: Jewish/Israeli Woodhead CommissionA proposal submitted by the Jewish Agency, chaired by David Ben-Gurion, to the Woodhead Commission, a British Royal Commission mandated with drawing up proposals for the partition of Palestine.