Israel's Provisional Council Enacts Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance

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.

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

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.

Security Council Resolution 61 calls for the withdrawal of forces to positions occupied prior to 14 October, the establishment of permanent truce lines, and neutral or demilitarized zones.