Jordan Issues National Guard Law

The Egyptian war minister adopts a decree bestowing upon the General Governor of the areas that are under the control of the Egyptian forces in Palestine all the powers and responsibilities that...

The General Assembly creates the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to replace the UN Relief for Palestine Refugees that was established in General Assembly...

The measure confirms the provisions of the Partition Resolution 181 (1947) relative to Jerusalem, according to which the City of Jerusalem "shall be established as a corpus separatum under a special...

King Abdullah adopts a "Supplementary Law" to the Parliamentary Election Law of 1947.

King Abdullah dissolved Jordan’s parliament ahead of elections intended to include West Bank representatives.

In the wake of the Nakba, the Israeli authorities seek to "legalize" the confiscation of property left behind by Palestinian internal and external refugees.

The UN Trusteeship Council approves a Statute for Jerusalem, providing for a Special International Regime for the city and constituting it as a corpus separatum under the administration of the UN.

Having been officially informed of the union between Jordan and the Arab portion of Palestine under Jordanian control (as bounded by the line defined in the Jordan-Israel Armistice Agreement ), that...

Israeli forces drive 12,000 Palestinians from 2 villages and thousands of dunams ready to be harvested in Hebron.

A Tripartite Declaration, jointly issued by the United States, Britain, and France, guarantees the territorial status quo determined by the Arab-Israeli armistice agreements and undertakes to limit an...