UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte Is Assassinated by Lehi in Jerusalem

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.

Constantine Zurayk published The Meaning of the Nakba in Beirut, a landmark early account of the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948.

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...

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...

Israel’s government adopts regulations to legalize the seizure and the reallocation of appropriated Palestinian land.

In his capacity as defense minister, David Ben-Gurion creates officially the Military Government to replace the ad hoc administrations that the army had established in areas that continued to be...