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The Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty created some divisions between Jordan and the Palestinian Authority over the issue of the Islamic holy places in East Jerusalem, over which the treaty recognized Jordanian guardianship, while the Palestinian Authority claimed to have the same rights.
The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on 24 April 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on 31 July 1988. The period started during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when Jordan occupied and subsequently annexed the portion of Mandatory Palestine that became known as the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
The Graphical timeline shows the sovereign power over Palestine. The labels on the left of the chart show the location of the capital city of the controlling empire. Main article: History of Palestine .
Satellite image of the Palestine region from 2003. The timeline of the Palestine region is a timeline of major events in the history of Palestine. For more details on the history of Palestine see History of Palestine. In cases where the year or month is uncertain, it is marked with a slash, for example 636/7 and January/February.
A Palestinian delegation from the Jericho Conference presenting King Abdullah with the conference resolution for unity of the West Bank with Jordan under the Hashemite crown The Jericho Conference ( Arabic : مؤتمر أريحا ) was held in December 1948 to decide the future of the portion of Palestine that was held by Jordan at the end of ...
Black flags were raised by Palestinians when Balfour visited Jerusalem and almost 250 Jews and Arabs were killed and many more wounded in August 1929 at the Wailing Wall in a tragedy that became ...
The flag of Jordan, officially adopted on 16 April 1928, is based on the 1916 flag of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. [1] The flag consists of horizontal black, white, and green bands that are connected by a red chevron .
1917: British occupation of the region and the beginning of the British Mandate for Palestine. 1929: the outbreak of the 1929 Palestine riots. 1936: Beginning of the Arab revolt in Palestine. 29 November 1947: UN resolution to partition Palestine. 1948 onwards Modern period Israel / Egypt / Jordan / Palestinian National Authority / Hamas ...