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Palestine, British rule, 1917–1948

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

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Palestine events by lane from 1917 to 1949War & securityBlank: British capture of Jerusalem, December 1917Sealed: Arab state archives on the 1948 war1918192019221924192619281930193219341936193819401942194419461948
  1. 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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  2. 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.

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