Establishment of Hanita Settlement in Western Galilee

The AHC rejects the Peel Commission ’s partition proposal and demands an independent unitary Palestinian state "with protection of all legitimate Jewish and other minority rights and the...

Lewis Andrews, the British Commissioner in Galilee, is assassinated by Palestinian militants.

Charles Tegart, the newly appointed adviser on police matters, arrives in Palestine.

Pushed by the Foreign Office, the British administration resolves to send a technical commission of inquiry (the Palestine Partition Commission ) to study the feasibility of partition as recommended...

The British authorities open the museum in a new building situated in Jerusalem opposite to the northeastern corner of the Old City wall; it is constructed with funds donated by US oil magnate John D.

The Woodhead Commission 's report considers the Peel Commission ’s partition proposal and draws three possible plans (and maps).

In a statement presented to the Parliament, the British administration notes that a careful study of the Partition (Woodhead) report shows that "the political, administrative and financial...

Rebel leader Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad is killed in a firefight with British soldiers near the village of Sanur (Jenin subdistrict).

The Arab Higher Committee (AHC) adopts a reply to the White Paper / Statement of policy.

World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland.