partition

Question 1

1947: Jewish attacks on british

Answer 1

127 British soldiers had been killed

Question 2

Britain hands over Palestine

Answer 2

Feb 1947

Question 3

UNSCOP established

Answer 3

May 1947

Question 4

Britain expresses desire to GTFO ASAP

Answer 4

September 1947

Question 5

Partition

Answer 5

Nov 29 1947

Question 6

Jerusalem is blockaded

Answer 6

100k Jewish residents are blockaded in December 1947, making it hard for Haganah to bring armored vehicles

Question 7

Haifa Oil Refinery Massacre

Answer 7

40 Jewish refinery workers are killed by Arab coworkers on 30 December 1947

Question 8

Balad Al Shaykh Massacre

Answer 8

In December 1947 Haganah kills 60-70 Arab villagers

Question 9

Plan Dalet

Answer 9

10 March 1948: Haganah pacifies Arab villeges by making them surrender, depopulating them, or destroying them

Question 10

Declaration of Independence

Answer 10

14 May 1948

Question 11

Invasion by Arab States

Answer 11

Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq invade on 15 May

Question 12

First UNSC Ceasefire

Answer 12

11 June 1948, supervised by Count Folke Bernadotte, who says to give back Negev desert and put Jerusalem under intl control

Question 13

Second Truce

Answer 13

19 July 1948

Question 14

New partition plan

Answer 14

16 Sept 1948, UN proposes a new partition plan that is rejected

Question 15

Armistices

Answer 15

In 1948, Israel makes armistice agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, Syria

Question 16

Effect on palestinians of partition

Answer 16

150k come under Israeli rule
450k under Jordanian rule
200k under Egyptian rule

Question 17

War of Infiltration

Answer 17

1949: Ben Gurion calls for a war of infiltration against expelled Palestinians who may want to return. Many Palestinian villages are leveled.