Lebanon Exempts Palestinian Refugees from Travel Document Fees

Israel attacks an Arab Legion base near the village of Nahalin (Bethlehem district), destroying homes and killing villagers.

A Covenant is signed between the Zionist Organization and the Government of Israel.

The law is part of the Israeli campaign to prevent the return of individual refugees across the cease-fire lines and to expel Palestinians who reside in Israeli-controlled territory "unlawfully."...

Egypt detains the Israeli freighter Bat Galim, en route to Haifa from Eritrea, in the Suez Canal, arresting its crew and confiscating its cargo.

Through an exchange of notes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reach an agreement on UNRWA’s diplomatic status in...

Iraq and Turkey sign in Baghdad a "pact of mutual cooperation," which becomes known as the Baghdad Pact and will be joined by Britain, Pakistan, and Iran, to counter Moscow 's rising influence in...

Israel begins a surprise attack on an Egyptian military post near Gaza city, killing 38 soldiers; the attack follows raids by young Palestinians, one of which was carried by a cell organized by Khalil...

The measure condemns a "planned attack ordered by Israel authorities" against the Egyptian regular army forces as a violation of the cease-fire provisions of Security Council Resolution 54 (1948)...

The Egyptian government adopts "Basic Law for the Region under Egyptian Military Control in Palestine" (the Gaza Strip ), to replace the Palestine Order in Council of 1922 (considered the Constitution...

The Arab League reopens an information office called the Arab Information Center (AIC) in New York.