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British Mandate Palestine boundary decisions and competing partition plans (1917–1948)

British Mandate Palestine boundary decisions and competing partition plans (1917–1948)

  1. Sykes–Picot outlines external partition concepts

    Labels: Sykes Picot, Britain, France

  2. Balfour Declaration commits Britain to “national home”

    Labels: Balfour Declaration, Britain

  3. King–Crane Commission reports local opposition to partition

    Labels: King Crane, United States

  4. San Remo assigns Palestine mandate to Britain

    Labels: San Remo, Allied Powers

  5. Cairo Conference backs separate administration for Transjordan

    Labels: Cairo Conference, Transjordan

  6. Churchill White Paper limits scope of the “national home”

    Labels: Churchill White, Britain

  7. League of Nations approves the Mandate for Palestine text

    Labels: Mandate for, League of

  8. Transjordan memorandum applies Article 25 exclusions

    Labels: Article 25, Transjordan

  9. Mandate enters into legal force

    Labels: Mandate Enforcement, League of

  10. Peel Commission proposes first official partition map

    Labels: Peel Commission, British Government

  11. Woodhead Commission finds partition hard to implement

    Labels: Woodhead Commission, Britain

  12. 1939 White Paper rejects partition and limits immigration

    Labels: 1939 White, British Government

  13. Anglo-American Committee urges new approach after WWII

    Labels: Anglo-American Committee, United States

  14. UNSCOP recommends competing majority and minority plans

    Labels: UNSCOP, United Nations

  15. UN General Assembly adopts Partition Plan (Resolution 181)

    Labels: UN Resolution, UN General

  16. British Mandate ends as war begins and boundaries shift

    Labels: British Withdrawal, 1948 Arab