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Prior to dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire, the population of the area comprising modern Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip was not exclusively Muslim. Under the empire's rule in the mid-16th century, there were no more than 10,000 Jews in Palestine, [3] making up around 5% of the population. By the mid-19th century, Turkish sources ...
By late March 1948, the vital road that connected Tel Aviv to western Jerusalem, where about 16% of all Jews in the Mandatory Palestine lived, was cut off and under siege. March 27 - 47 members of a Haganah convoy killed near the village of al-Kabri. April 6 - Operation Nachshon.
1948 May 14 – Israeli Declaration of Independence: Jewish leadership in the region of Palestine announces the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel. [191] 1948 May 14–1949 January 7 – The 1948 Arab–Israeli War: a large-scale war between Israel and five Arab countries and the Palestinian-Arabs.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19, [180] upgrading Palestine to non-member observer state status in the United Nations, was adopted by the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, the date of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the 65th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of ...
March 18, 1948 9 5 Britons, 4 Jews killed in convoy near Acre [1] N/A March 20, 1948 7 7 Jews killed at Ein Harod [1] N/A March 21, 1948 6 6 Jews killed on Rosh Pinna-Safed road [1] N/A March 22, 1948 24 4 Jews, 20 Arabs during attack on Jewish settlement Nitzanim [1] N/A March 24, 1948 36 36 Arabs killed near Tulkarem [1] N/A March 26, 1948 8
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
The United Nations approves partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. It is accepted by the Jews, but rejected by the Arab leaders (See ). 1947 November 30 The 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine starts between Jewish forces, centered around the Haganah and Palestinians supported by the Arab Liberation Army. 1948 May 14
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and precursor to the 1948 Palestine War Palestinian insurgents during the 1936–39 revolt in Mandatory Palestine Date 1 March 1920 – 14 May 1948 (28 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Mandatory ...