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A Chronology of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The following is a chronology of the main events in, and documents on, the Arab-Israel conflict.
Documents which are included in this volume are in italics.
1914-18 24 October 1915
16 May 1916
2 November 1917 4-7 April 1920 19 April 1920
10 August 1920
1-7 May 1921
28 February 1922 3 June 1922
24 July 1922
23 August 1929
24 August 1929
23 September 1932 1936-1939
7 July 1937
17 May 1939
1 September 1939 11 May 1942
22 November 1943 22 March 1945
8 May 1945
26 June 1945
17 April 1946
25 May 1946
29 November 1947 14 May 1948
15 May 1948
29 May 1948
First World War.
Letter from British High Commissioner McMahon to Hussein bin Ali,
Sharif of Mecca.
Sykes—Picot Agreement.
Balfour Declaration.
4 days of violent rioting against Jews in Jerusalem.
Opening of the San Remo Conference.
Treaty of Sévres, or the Peace Treaty between the Ottoman Empire
and the Allies.
Major riots in Jaffa between Jews and Arabs.
Great Britain issues the Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Egypt.
Churchill White Paper.
The Council of the League of Nations confirms the British mandate in
Palestine.
Major riots between Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem.
Hebron Massacre.
Abdul-Aziz al-Saud founds the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Arab revolt in Palestine.
Peel Commission.
MacDonald White Paper. Beginning of Second World War.
Biltmore Program.
Independence of Lebanon. Arab League Charter. End of Second World War in Europe.
Signature of the United Nations Charter at the San Francisco Conference.
Independence of Syria.
The Emirate of Transjordan becomes the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (the partition plan).
Israel declares its independence. End of the British Mandate in Palestine.
Five Arab states declare war on Israel.
UN Security Council Resolution 50 and the establishment of UNTSO.
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