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The United Kingdom does not recognise Palestine as a state. [1] The UK has a non-accredited Consulate General in Jerusalem that "represents the UK government in Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza", and works on "political, commercial, security and economic interests between the UK and the Palestinian territories". [2]
February 12 - After a period of reconciliation with the British, the Irgun launches a bomb attack on British immigration offices in Mandatory Palestine, no casualties reported. Soon after Lehi also renews its anti-British attacks. October - Operation ATLAS.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. League of Nations – Mandate for Palestine and Transjordan Memorandum British Command Paper 1785, December 1922, containing the Mandate for Palestine and the Transjordan memorandum Whilst the Mandate for Palestine document covered both Mandatory Palestine (from 1920) and the Emirate of Transjordan ...
While there were only around 3,000 Jews living in Palestine at that time, wealthy benefactors such as French aristocrat Baron Edmond de Rothschild began to sponsor others from Europe to join them ...
The region today: Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 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 ...
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 ...
The end of the British Mandate for Palestine was formally made by way of the Palestine Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 27) of 29 April. [1] A public statement prepared by the Colonial and Foreign Office confirmed termination of British responsibility for the administration of Palestine from midnight on 14 May 1948. [2] [3]