Transjordan and Great Britain Agree on Jordanian Military Intervention in Palestine

British Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones announces Britain ’s decision to terminate Palestine Mandate and hand the matter over to the UN.

The GA recommends the adoption and implementation of a Partition Plan of Palestine by a two-third majority (33 to 13 votes with 10 abstentions).

The Haganah sets in motion the operational stage of the confrontation with the Palestinians.

Palestinians begin a three-day strike protesting the UN Partition Plan.

Britain announces that the Palestine Mandate will be terminated on 15 May 1948, from which date the sole task of the British forces in Palestine will be to complete their withdrawal by 1 August 1948.

Church leaders in Palestine convene a joint meeting in Jerusalem, in the presence of the local and international press, to express their condemnation of the partition plan, considering it "an...

The UN Security Council, in view of the reports submitted by the Palestine Commission (31 January and 16 February), calls on the council's permanent members to provide guidance and instructions to the...

Fawzi al-Qawuqji assumes command of the ALA units in central Palestine.

The Haganah finalized Plan Dalet as the Mandate’s end approached and war intensified across Palestine.

Great Britain and Transjordan sign a new treaty of alliance, replacing the one they had signed on 22 March 1946.