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the First Zionist Congress at Basel
Herzl had planned to hold the gathering in Munich, but due to local Jewish opposition he transferred the gathering to Basel, Switzerland. -
boycott
A new-formed Arab League was comprising six members, issued its first call for an economic boycott of the Jewish community of Palestine. -
irgun bombing
The King David Hotel bombing was a terrorist attack.the primary Jewish underground militant group bombed the hotel. -
responsibility for Palestine
The end of the British Mandate for Palestine was formally made by way of the Palestine bill of 29 April 1948. A public statement prepared by the Colonial and Foreign offices confirmed termination of British responsibility for the administration of Palestine from midnight on 14 May 1948. -
founding of isreal
Israel's establishment as an independent, sovereign state was officially declared in Tel-Aviv on Friday May 14, 1948 by Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion’s declaration came on the day the British Mandate over Palestine was officially terminated, in accordance with UN Resolution 181 which called for the division of the land into a Jewish state and an Arab state.