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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine, the decolonisation of Asia, and the precursor to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict From top to bottom, left to right: British military parade in Jerusalem Palestinian Arab insurgents during ...
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The al-Bassa Massacre occurred during a period of heightened tensions within Mandatory Palestine. which was under British control following World War I. By the 1930s, many Palestinians were actively resisting British rule and opposing the large-scale immigration of Jewish settlers. The Arab Revolt sought to end British administration and the ...
Jerusalem 1:10,000 and 1:2,500 maps (see here): In 1936 a 1:2,500 map of the Old City of Jerusalem was published, the first detailed map since the 1865 Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem. [28] This was followed by 1:5,000 provisional plans of Jerusalem and its environs, which were reduced to 1:10,000 scale for general printing.
The Sinai and Palestine campaign was part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, taking place between January 1915 and October 1918.The British Empire, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy fought alongside the Arab Revolt in opposition to the Ottoman Empire, the German Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The modern state of Israel was founded in May 1948 in the aftermath of the Holocaust and Second World War but the conflict that ... In 1936, the intensity of opposition to British colonial rule ...
Middle East maps maintained by Dartmouth - one of the most diverse collections of historical and battlefield maps available. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas. A valuable collection of detailed Middle East maps. UNISPAL Palestine maps maintained by the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine.
The rise of Zionism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a growing stream of Jewish immigration into Palestine.In 1917, during World War I, the British Government issued the Balfour Declaration which declared British support for the creation in Palestine of a "national home for the Jewish people".