Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948

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.".

Britain passed legislation preparing the termination of its Mandate in Palestine, scheduled for 15 May 1948.

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...

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...

Arab States members of the Arab League issue a statement in which they recall their view on the question of Palestine from the outbreak of World War I until the adoption of the UN Partition Plan; they...

The USSR is the first country to grant de jure recognition to Israel.