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    "ocrText": "50\n29 December\nUNSC ordered cease-fire in Negeb and withdrawal to 14 October posi-\n29 Au\ntions. Israeli forces advanced into Egypt, threatening El Arish.\n15 Se\n1949\n18 Se\n6 January\nEgypt and Israel accepted cease-fire.\n4 Oct\n7 January\nFive RAF aircraft shot down by Israelis near Rafah.\n14 Oo\n14 January\nEgypt and Israel opened armistice negotiations at Rhodes.\n19 January\nExport-Import loan of $100,000,000 to Israel announced.\n19 O\n24 January\nFrance granted de facto recognition to Israel.\n25 January\nMAPAI Party won large plurality in Israel's first general elections for\n23 O\nConstituent Assembly.\n27 O\n29 January\nUK extended de facto recognition to Israel.\n31 January\nUS granted de jure recognition to Israel.\n4 No\n3 February\nFirst full meeting of Palestine Conciliation Commission in Jerusalem.\n11 February\nJames MacDonald appointed US Ambassador to Israel.\n9 No\n13 February\nIsraeli Constituent Assembly opened in Jerusalem.\n11 N\n17 February\nConstituent Assembly elected Weizmann first President of Israel.\n24 February\nEgypt and Israel signed armistice agreement at Rhodes.\n1 March\nArmistice talks between Israel and Lebanon began at Ras en Naqura.\n18 N\n3 March\nBen-Gurion organized MAPAI-led coalition cabinet in Israel. MAPAM\nstayed out.\n21 N\n5 March\nTransjordan-Israeli armistice talks opened at Rhodes. Security Coun-\n8 D\ncil approved Israeli-UN membership application by 9-1-1 vote. (Egypt\n9 De\nopposed; UK abstained.)\n9 March\nIsraeli troops attacked Arab Legion post at Gharandal across Trans-\n12\njordan border; another Israeli force reached Umm Reshresh on the\nGulf of Aqaba.\n13)\n11 March\n16 March\nEMERGENCY\nIsrael and Transjordan signed cease-fire agreement at Rhodes.\nTransjordan and Israel agreed on Jerusalem armistice.\n20\n21 March\nPCC held first meeting with Arab states representatives at Beirut to\ndiscuss Arab refugee problem.\n31\n23 March\nIsrael and Lebanon signed armistice agreement at Ras en Naqura.\n24 March\nPresident Truman signed bill authorizing $16,000,000 for Palestinian\nrefugees.\n27 March\nThe Israeli Cabinet transferred four ministries to Jerusalem.\n3 April\nIsrael-Jordan armistice signed at Rhodes.\n26 April\nThe MAPAI-dominated cabinet under Ben-Gurion presented the Auster-\nity Plan to the Assembly.\n27 April\nPCC opened negotiations with Israel, Egypt, and Lebanon at Lausanne.\n2 May\nAnglo-Israeli financial and trade talks opened in London.\n11 May\nGeneral Assembly admitted Israel to the UN by a vote of 37-12.\n30 May\nUK agreed to release £7,000,000 of Israel's blocked sterling over next\nsix months.\n29 June\nPCC conference adjourned.\n6 July\nPaul Porter appointed to succeed Ethridge as US member on PCC.\n18 July\nPCC conference reopened.\n20 July\nIsraeli-Syrian armistice agreement signed.\n27 July\nIsrael offered to take back total of 100,000 Arab refugees.\n11 August\nNear East Arms Embargo lifted by SC.\n16 August\nIsraeli Assembly voted to give to Russian Orthodox Church officials\ndirect control over all Russian Orthodox Church properties in Palestine.\n26 August\nUN appointed Gordon Clapp (of TVA) to head the PCC-appointed ESM."
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