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1936-1939
policy toward Zionists.
Periodic disturbances by Palestinian Arabs seeking stricter government
1936
25 April
A Supreme Arab Committee, later known as the Arab Higher Committee,
was established with the Mufti as President.
1937
7 July
The report of the Royal Commission (Peel Report), advocating parti-
tion, was published.
26 September
The assassination of Yelland Andrews, British District Commissioner
1938
for Galilee, brought on the most acute phase of the Arab insurrection.
4 January
The British Government announced postponement of the partition
plan and the appointment of a new commission under Sir John Wood-
head to study boundaries of the new states and investigate economic
9 November
and financial aspects of the problem.
The report of the Partition Commission, suggesting three alternative
published.
solutions to the Palestine problem, was presented to Parliament and
1939
7 February-17 March
The London Conferences between His Majesty's Government and the
Arab and Jewish delegations were opened at St. James's Palace. The
17 May
conferences closed without reaching a settlement.
The UK White Paper on Palestine restricted Jewish immigration and
sale of land to Jews.
1942
11 May
A conference of American Zionists was held at the Biltmore Hotel,
SCHOOLS
New York, and what became known as the Biltmore Program, defining
Zionist aims, was drawn up.
1945
31 August
President Truman wrote to Prime Minister Attlee, bringing to his atten-
tion the suggestion in the Harrison Report that granting an additional
viate the situation.
100,000 certificates for Jewish immigration into Palestine would alle-
13 November
The UK and the US announced the appointment of an Anglo-American
Committee of Inquiry to investigate the situation of European Jewry
and the problem of Palestine, with a view to making recommendations
concerning the subject.
1946
20 April
The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry submitted a report recom-
immigrants immediately.
mending a cantonal system for Palestine and the admission of 100,000
25 July
The Morrison Provincial Autonomy Scheme, based on the Committee of
as a solution to the Palestine problem.
Inquiry report proposed by a group of American and British experts
10 September
The London Talks on Palestine opened and closed February 1947 with-
out reaching any agreement.
1947
28 April
Special session of UN General Assembly set up a special committee
(UNSCOP) to investigate Palestine issue.
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