The USSR Recognizes the State of Israel on a de jure Basis

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...

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...

Israel's Provisional Council adopts its first ordinance aiming at ensuring the institutional transition from the Mandate to the new state.

Security Council Resolution 49 calls upon all parties concerned "to issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces," to give highest priority to negotiation and maintenance of...

Security Council Resolution 50 calls upon all Governments and authorities concerned "to order a cessation of all acts of armed force for a period of four weeks" and instructs the UN Mediator in...

Jordan appoints a member of the AHC-P, Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi, as the military governor of the Arab section of Jerusalem.

The new Israeli government enacts the Abandoned Areas Ordinance that aims at controlling the properties of Palestinians who were expelled or had fled because of the fighting.