Expulsion from Hebron Area

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

Jordan adopts the National Guard Law that subjects all male Jordanians who are between 20 and 40 years of age to 150 hours of training each year in or near their localities.

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...

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...

Israel's Knesset passes the Law of Return, which states that every Jew has the right to settle in Israel as an immigrant (or more precisely, as "oleh," a person who "ascends" to Israel).

Adopted shortly after the Absentees' Property Law, this legislation closes the loop of Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian "absentees'' lands and assets.

Egypt and UNRWA sign an agreement relative to UNRWA’s diplomatic status in Egypt and Egyptian-controlled area in Southern Palestine (Gaza Strip).

Having examined the UNRWA report, the General Assembly recognizes that direct relief cannot be terminated and considers that the reintegration of the refugees into the economic life of the Near...