British Parliament Enacts the Palestine Act, 1948

A unit of irregulars organized by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood attacks the Zionist colony of Kfar Darom in Negev.

The Vaad Leumi (National Council), representing the Yishuv (the community of Jewish settlers in Palestine), and the Jewish Agency, being the diplomatic arm of the Zionist Movement and the purported...

Security Council Resolution 46 calls upon all persons and organizations in Palestine, and especially upon the AHC-P and the Jewish Agency, to cease all activities of a military or paramilitary nature.

The US submits a full-blown trusteeship plan to the UN General Assembly.

Security Council Resolution 48 "creates a Truce Commission for Palestine to assist the Security Council in implementing the truce.".

On the eve of ending its Mandate over Palestine, the King's Privy Council enacts the "Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948," whose purpose is to revoke, partly or entirely, those British...

The King's Privy Council adopts the "Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council, 1948," which deals with residual financial matters on the basis of the...

Meeting in Tel Aviv, members of a "Provisional Council of State" sign "the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel." The declaration announces "the establishment of a Jewish state in...

The measure states the decision of the General Assembly to appoint a UN Mediator in Palestine whose main task is "to promote a peaceful adjustment of the future situation in Palestine." It puts an end...

On the occasion of the declaration by Zionist leaders of the establishment of the State of Israel, the White House adopts a statement by President Truman: "This Government has been informed that a...