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Palestine, British rule, 1917–1948

From the late Ottoman period to today, fact by fact and source by source.

6 events, 4 flagged blanks, 1 open question. Add an event

Palestine events by lane from 1917 to 1949Inside PalestineDiplomacy & lawWar & securityLand & peopleBlank: Life inside Palestine during the First World WarBlank: British capture of Jerusalem, December 1917Sealed: Israeli 1948 files resealed by the Defense MinistrySealed: Arab state archives on the 1948 warKing–Crane Commission recommendations, 29 August 1919San Remo conference assigns the mandate for Palestine, 25 April 1920Churchill White Paper, 3 June 1922League of Nations confirms the Mandate for Palestine, 24 July 1922Anglo-Arab committee reports on the McMahon correspondence, 16 March 1939Displacement of Palestinian Arabs, 1947–1949, 1947–19491918192019221924192619281930193219341936193819401942194419461948
  1. 1 Aug 1914to 9 Dec 1917
    Thin record: Life inside Palestine during the First World War

    Conscription, requisitions, hunger and the 1915 locust plague are barely recorded here yet. Salim Tamari's Year of the Locust, built on the diary of the Jerusalem soldier Ihsan Hasan al-Turjman, is a place to start.

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  2. 1 Dec 1917to 31 Dec 1917
    Mentioned but missing: British capture of Jerusalem, December 1917

    Later documents rest on it, but it is not yet an event on the timeline. It needs a primary source.

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  3. 29 August 1919
    King–Crane Commission recommendations

    American commission's recommendations on the future of Syria, Palestine and Iraq after the Ottoman defeat.

    Diplomacy & law1 source1 independent root
  4. 25 April 1920
    San Remo conference assigns the mandate for Palestine

    Allied Supreme Council resolution allocating mandates for former Ottoman territories.

    Diplomacy & law1 source1 independent root
  5. 1920–1922
    Nothing recorded for 2 years. Add what happened
  6. 3 June 1922
    Churchill White Paper

    British government statement of policy on Palestine, issued by the Colonial Office.

    Diplomacy & law1 source1 independent root
  7. 24 July 1922
    League of Nations confirms the Mandate for Palestine

    The League Council confirms the terms under which Britain is to administer Palestine.

    Diplomacy & law1 source1 independent root
  8. 1922–1939
    Nothing recorded for 16 years. Add what happened
  9. 16 March 1939
    Anglo-Arab committee reports on the McMahon correspondence

    Committee of the 1939 London conference examines whether the 1915–1916 correspondence covered Palestine.

    Diplomacy & law1 source1 independent root
  10. 1939–1947
    Nothing recorded for 8 years. Add what happened
  11. 30 Nov 1947to 31 Dec 1949
    Sealed: Israeli 1948 files resealed by the Defense Ministry

    Haaretz reported in 2019 that the Defense Ministry's security department removed and resealed archive documents on 1948, including files historians had already cited.

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  12. 30 Nov 1947to 31 Dec 1949
    Sealed: Arab state archives on the 1948 war

    A 2002 review of the field noted that no Arab state had opened its archives on the war to researchers, beyond rare authorised access.

    Why this is sealed

  13. 1947–1949date uncertain
    Displacement of Palestinian Arabs, 1947–1949

    Palestinian Arabs who fled or were expelled from the territory that came under Israeli control during the 1947–1949 war.

    Land & people4 sources4 independent roots1 open question