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After the war, Jordan expelled the PLO to Lebanon but kept refugees and integrated Palestinian citizens in Jordan. Palestinians in the West Bank would retain their Jordanian citizenship until Jordan renounced all claims to the West Bank on 31 July 1988. Arafat later recognized the PLO as "the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Palestine: 1844 1920 1948 1949 1958 1958 1967 1982 1994 Palestine: ... Timeline of U.S. state flags;
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.
Flag Date Use Description 2006–present: Flag of Palestine: Based on the flag of the Arab Revolt, and is used to represent the Palestinian National Authority (since 1994) and the State of Palestine (since 2013). Modified flag adopted in 2006. 1997–present: Presidential standard: Standard of the president of the Palestinian Authority. [1]
Flags of Jordan in Amman Jordanian flag. 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.
In 1948, Jordan fought with the newly born state of Israel over lands of former Mandatory Palestine, effectively gaining control of the West Bank and annexing it with its Palestinian population. Jordan lost the West Bank in the 1967 War with Israel, and since became the central base of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in its struggle ...
A two-state solution to the disputed territory almost came into being in 1947, when the UN General Assembly volunteered Resolution 181, which proposed carving a new state from Palestine west of ...
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.