Israel Timeline

By matthew.mcdowell

  • British White Paper

    Senator Harrry S. Truman inserts in the congressional record strong citicism of the British White Paper on Palestine.

  • Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

    President Truman expresses his opposition and says he wants to await and consider the report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.

  • President Truman Writes

    President Truman writes that he thinks "that a national home for the jewish people should be established in Palestine.

  • Restraint and Tolerance

    President Truman writes that it is essential that restraint and tolerance be exercised by all parties..

  • Arab-Israeli War

    With the creation of Israel hostilites erupted immediately, culminating the Arab-Israeli War.

  • The Start of Israel

    Israel was created.

  • The Fighting Ends

    The Arab-Israeli War Ended.