History of Palestine - Wikipedia During World War I, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, favoring the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine, and captured it from the Ottomans The League of Nations gave Britain mandatory power over Palestine in 1922
History of Palestine: From Ancient Times to 1988 Statehood On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, recommending the partition of Palestine into two independent states one Jewish, one Arab with Jerusalem placed under international administration
History of Palestine | 1885 Encyclopaedia Britannica Entry, Israel . . . We provide here a snapshot of what Palestine meant at the time of our ninth edition, decades before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began The entry is a particularly valuable artifact, not only because it predates today’s conflict, but also because of when it was written
Chronological History of Palestine - What is Palestine? In 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded, articulating a modern Palestinian national identity and political program for the former Mandate territory (PLO formation and charter)
Palestine | HISTORY , Religion Conflicts | HISTORY In 1964, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed for the purpose of establishing a Palestinian Arab state on the land previously administered under the British Mandate, and which
Palestine - Wikipedia In the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which had been held by Jordan and Egypt respectively The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) declared independence in 1988
History of Palestine | History | Research Starters - EBSCO The establishment of Israel in 1948 triggered a civil war and ongoing violence, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964, which aimed to establish a Palestinian state