SC Res. 50: Calling for a 4-week Cessation of Hostilities in Palestine

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.

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...

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.

Count Bernadotte proposes the following plan to the Arab and Jewish authorities: Palestine and Transjordan to form a Union comprising two states, one Arab and one Jewish; the two states to form an...

The Arab section of the Intelligence Service of the new state of Israel submits a report entitled “Migration of Eretz Yisrael Arabs between December 1, 1947, and June 1, 1948.” The report enumerates...

Transjordan and Israel sign a special agreement under the auspices of the UN about Mount Scopus.