Issues
40 issues found.
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UK House of Commons Debate and Resolution on Recognizing Palestine (2014)
A debate held at the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, on 13 October 2014, concluding with the following resolution being adopted by a vote of 274 to 12: "Resolved, [t]hat this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution. -
London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority (2005)
Abbas, Mahmoud (1935-) Annan, Kofi (1938-) Blair, Anthony C.L. (1953-) Britain Rice, Condoleezza (1954-) United StatesAn international conference held in London, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2005, with the goal of supporting the PNA and its newly-inaugurated President Mahmoud Abbas. -
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. -
United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 997 through 1003 (1956)
Seven resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on its 1st Emergency Special Session on 2-10 November 1956. -
Sinai War (1956)
Britain France Gaza Strip Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918-1970) Sinai Peninsula Sinai War Soviet Union Suez Canal United StatesAlso known as the Suez Crisis, and in Israel as Operation Kadesh. -
British PM Eden's Speech at Guildhall (1955)
A speech given by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in London on 9 November 1955. -
Operation Alpha (1955)
A secret diplomatic operation conducted jointly in the early 1950s by the United States and Britain, with the purpose of drafting a comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts. -
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. -
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. -
Resolution of the Extended Conference of the Jewish Agency Executive in Paris (1946)
A resolution adopted by an extended conference of the Jewish Agency Executive in Paris, France, on 5 August 1946. -
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. -
Land Transfers Regulations (1940)
Regulations enacted by the British High Commissioner for Palestine, Harold MacMichael, on 28 February 1940. -
World War II (1939-1945)
A global war that took place from 1939 to 1945 and was fought between the Allies (chiefly Britain, France, and, from 1941, the Soviet Union and the United States) and the Axis (chiefly Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan). -
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.