The Palestine Arab Delegation in London Rejects Churchill White Paper

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini is elected mufti of Jerusalem after the death of his elder brother Kamel al-Husseini, who had held this position.

The commission finds that the disturbances in Jaffa and its neighborhood were spontaneous and not planned.

Faced with widespread discontent from both Arab and Zionist organizations on the 1920 Land Transfer Ordinance, the British decide to remove all restrictions on the disposition of land, except for...

The Collective Responsibility for Crime Ordinance allows Mandate authorities to hold entire villages or tribes responsible for crimes committed by “persons unknown” and thus to impose collective fines...

At a time when the Palestinian delegation in London makes its case against the Balfour Declaration, Winston Churchill, then-Secretary of State for the Colonies, publishes a White Paper detailing the...

The Council of the League of Nations confirms Britain ’s mandate over Palestine.

Considered as a Constitution for Palestine, the Palestine Order in Council is signed by the King "on the adivce of his Privy Council." It defines the powers of the Executive (the High Commissioner)...

British authorities conduct their first census in Palestine.

An exchange of notes constituting an agreement between Britain and France as Mandatory powers over Palestine and Syria, respectively, traces on the spot the boundary line between the two territories...

The Palestinian National Congress states its rejection of the Advisory Council (which the British High Commissioner had attempted to revive in view of his failure to form a Legislative Council) and...