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White Paper of 1939
The paper provided for creating an independent Palestine to be governed by Palestinian Arabs and Jews in proportion to their numbers in the population by 1939. It turned out to be a limit of 75,000 Jewish immigrants was set for the five-year period 1940-1944. -
Battle for Jerusalem
Fights nevertheless immediately broke in the city between Jewish and Arab militias with bombings and attacks coming from both sides. Jerusalem held special importance to the Yishuv for "religious and nationalist" reasons. -
Arab–Israeli War
There had been tension and conflict between the Arabs and the Jews, and between each of them and the British forces.The invading forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. -
Battles of Latrun
The Israelis abandoned the Latrun fortress overlooking the main highway to Jerusalem, which the Arab Legion immediately seized. The Israelis attempted to take the Latrun fortress in a series of battles lasting from 24 May to 18 July. -
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
A wind of violence rapidly took hold of the country, foreboding civil war between the two communities. Murders, reprisals, and counter-reprisals came fast on each other's heels.
