Constantine Zurayk Publishes Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba) in Beirut

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.

The political committee of the Arab League decides to establish a provisional civil administration in those parts of Palestine held by the Arab armies.

Security Council Resolution 54 determines "that the situation in Palestine constitutes a threat to the peace," "orders the Governments and authorities concerned" to issue "cease-fire orders to their...

In his capacity as defense minister, David Ben-Gurion adopts two military proclamations.

In order to confer indefinite legality to Israeli control of Palestinian territory beyond the UN Partition Plan, and especially of West Jerusalem (considered as part of the Corpus Separatum to be...

Four men wearing Israeli army uniform stop Count Bernadotte ’s convoy at a makeshift checkpoint in a Jerusalem area controlled by Israeli forces.

US Secretary of State George Marshall announces US support for full acceptance of the mediator's recommendations for a Palestine solution.

Six days after the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte by LEHI-Stern Gang, Israel's Provisional Council adopts the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance.

In response to announcement of the All-Palestine Government in Gaza, Palestinian figures (including Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi, Saad al-Din Alami, and Ajaj Nuwayhed ) meet in Amman and declare their...