Ahmad Hilmi Abd al-Baqi Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem

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...

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...

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.

Security Council Resolution 53 addresses an urgent appeal to the interested parties to accept in principle the prolongation of the truce.