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British Mandate authorities
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Palestinians begin a general strike against British rule
📅 25 April 1936The Arab Higher Committee called a general strike demanding an end to British rule, an end to Jewish immigration and land purchases, and an independent representative government. The strike became the...
British forces intercept the Exodus 1947
📅 18 July 1947More than 4,500 Jewish displaced persons and Holocaust survivors sailed from France toward British-mandate Palestine aboard the Exodus 1947. British naval forces intercepted the ship on July 18 and...
United Nations adopts a partition plan for Palestine
📅 29 November 1947The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, recommending partition of British-ruled Palestine into Arab and Jewish states with an international regime for Jerusalem. Palestinian Arabs, who made up...
Israel declares independence amid the postwar refugee crisis
📅 14 May 1948The State of Israel declared independence as the British Mandate ended. Holocaust survivors were among those who sought refuge and rebuilt lives there, after years of blocked routes and...
British Mandate ends as Israel declares statehood
📅 14 May 1948Britain ended its Mandate over Palestine, and David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of Israel. The declaration came amid war and the displacement of Palestinian communities, many of whom had...