US in Favor of Bernadotte's New Plan

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...

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

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...

As part of Operation Yoav, Israeli forces occupy the village of al-Dawayima, kill hundreds of residents, and expel the rest.