Issues
41 issues found.
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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. -
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. -
League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (1922)
A legal document adopted by the League of Nations on 24 July 1922. -
Transjordan Memorandum (1922)
Boundary Agreements: Jordan League of Nations Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones TransjordanA document in which the British Government exercised its right to separate the territory east of the Jordan River, hence known as Transjordan, from the territory of the Mandate for Palestine. -
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. -
1948 War
Known in Israel as the War of Independence, and in the Arab World as the Nakba (Catastrophe). -
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. -
Balfour Declaration (1917)
A letter authored by the British Foreign Minister, Lord Arthur James Balfour, on 2 November 1917, and subsequently endorsed by the British cabinet. -
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. -
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.