Dates Week 3 Flashcards

1
Q

1920-1948

A

British Mandate in Palestine

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2
Q

1920

A

Franco-Syrian war

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3
Q

4-7 Apr 1920

A

“jerusalem riots” during Nebi Musa festival

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4
Q

1933

A

Nazis rise to power + set of antisemitic laws

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5
Q

1922

A

Churchill White Paper

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6
Q

Aug 1929

A

rioters attack Jewish neighborhoods and settlements across Palestine

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7
Q

1929

A

the Shaw Commission of Inquiry

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8
Q

1930

A

the Passfield White Paper

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9
Q

1933-36

A

massive Jew immigration, fleeing Nazism in Europe

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10
Q

1935

A

British police kills Palestinian leader Sheikh Izz ad-Din Al-Qassam

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11
Q

1936

A

Jewish population made 27% of Palestine population

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12
Q

1937

A

Peel Commission

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13
Q

1939

A

White Paper

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14
Q

1938

A

Jaffa bombings by Zionist militias

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15
Q

1946

A

King David Cran bombing by Zionist militias

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16
Q

1977

A

Irgun leader becomes Israel PM

17
Q

1986

A

Stern Gang leader becomes Israel PM

18
Q

1917-48

A

Palestine electrical grid designed by Zionist engineer

19
Q

1930

A

contract to extract potash from Dead Sea denied to Palestinian entrepreneurs and awarded to Zionist company

20
Q

1938

A

Evian conf

21
Q

1945

A

Shoah

22
Q

1946-1947

A

UK restricts Jewish immigration from Europe to Palestine with naval blockade

23
Q

15 May 1947

A

UN creates UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)

24
Q

1943

A

Lebanon independent

25
Q

1944

A

Arab League founded

26
Q

1946

A

Transjordan independent

27
Q

1946

A

Syria independent

28
Q

Feb 1948

A

Transjordan annexes Arab part of Palestine

29
Q

1941-48

A

anti-Jewish riots in Iraq, Egypt, Libya and Yemen

30
Q

29 Nov 1947

A

UN Resolution 181

31
Q

14 May 1948

A

end of British Mandate

32
Q

Feb 1948

A

Arab Liberation Army blockade on Jerusalem

33
Q

9 April 1948

A

Irgun and Stern Gang attack Arab village of Deir Yassn during Jerusalem siege

34
Q

May 1948

A

Egyptian Army advances

35
Q

June 1948

A

UN imposes 4-weeks cease-fire