Issues
592 issues found.
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Avner Defense Plan (June 1937)
A “national defense scheme” for the Jewish population in Palestine authored by Elimelech ‘Avner’ Zelikowitz, a member of the Haganah, the largest Zionist militia, in June 1937. -
Peel Commission Report (1937)
Arab Revolt Britain Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Peel Commission Transjordan Woodhead CommissionThe final report issued by the Palestine Royal Commission, better known as the Peel Commission, on 7 July 1937. -
Jabotinsky's Speech to British MPs (1937)
A speech given by Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky before a group of British MPs on 13 July 1937. -
Weizmann's Speech to the 20th Zionist Congress (1937)
A speech given by Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, before the 20th Zionist Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, on 4 August 1937. -
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. -
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). -
Land Transfers Regulations (1940)
Regulations enacted by the British High Commissioner for Palestine, Harold MacMichael, on 28 February 1940. -
Biltmore Program (1942)
A program adopted at an “Extraordinary Zionist Conference” at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, NY, on 11 May 1942. -
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. -
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. -
Demarcation of the Palestine-Transjordan Border in the Gulf of Aqaba (1946)
A technical agreement concluded between the heads of the Survey Departments of Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan, demarcating the border between the two territories near the Gulf of Aqaba, and resolving an ambiguity in the 1922 Transjordan Memorandum that separated them. -
Jewish Agency Partition Plan (1946)
A proposal for the partition of Palestine put forth by the Jewish Agency Executive in July 1946 in response to the work of the Anglo-American Committee and parallel to the Morrison-Grady Scheme. -
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. -
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.