Issues
592 issues found.
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Franco-British Agreement on Northern Border (Paulet-Newcombe Agreement, 1923)
Boundary Agreements: Lebanon Boundary Agreements: Syria Britain France Golan Heights Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) MilestonesAn agreement between Britain and France establishing the border between their Mandatory territories of Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, following the work of a joint boundary commission. -
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. -
British White Paper of 1922 on Palestine (Churchill White Paper)
Britain Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) Immigration Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Transjordan White PapersA British White Paper, or government policy document, prepared by Secretary of State for the Colonies Winston Churchill and published on 3 June 1922. -
2014 Gaza Conflict (Operation Protective Edge)
An Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip turned into large-scale fighting between the IDF and Hamas, conducted on 8 July – 14 August 2014. -
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. -
San Remo Conference (1920)
A meeting of four major World War I Allied Powers - Britain, France, Italy and Japan - that followed the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. -
Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936-9)
An uprising conducted by Palestinian Arabs against the British Mandatory Government and the Jewish population of Palestine from 1936 to 1939. -
First Palestine Arab Congress in Jerusalem (1919)
Faisal of Syria and Iraq (1885-1933) Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Palestine Arab CongressesThe first of a series of Palestine Arab Congresses that took place from 1919 to 1928. -
Operation Summer Rains (2006)
Abbas, Mahmoud (1935-) Gaza Strip Hamas Israeli Operations in the Gaza Strip Shalit, Gilad (1986-) West BankAn Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, the first since the implementation of the Disengagement Plan, which followed a period of sustained rocket fire from the Strip on localities in southern Israel. -
Government of Israel Resolution 2077 on the Separation Barrier (2002)
A resolution adopted by the Government of Israel under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on 23 June 2002, approving the implementation of Phase A of the West Bank Separation Barrier, stressing that the barrier is a security mechanism and does not constitute a border, political or other. -
McMahon-Hussein Letters (1915-6)
An exchange of letters between Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and later King of Hejaz, that took place in late 1915 and early 1916. -
Franco-British Agreement on Mandatory Borders (1920)
Boundary Agreements: Lebanon Boundary Agreements: Syria Britain France Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948)An agreement between Britain and France establishing the border between their Mandatory territories of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. -
Gaza War (Operation Cast Lead, 2008-9)
An Israeli military operation turned into large-scale fighting between the IDF and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. -
Operation Pillar of Defense (2012)
An Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, conducted in November 2012, consisting mostly of airstrikes against alleged Hamas targets. -
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.