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Exact day14 May 1948
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A licensed photograph, with its credit, is added after review; never a generated likeness.On 14 May 1948 Zionist leaders proclaimed the State of Israel; the British High Commissioner left the next day, ending the Mandate. On 15 May Arab armies entered Palestine, and the Arab–Israeli war broke out.
The United Nations study records that Britain had announced it would end the Mandate on 15 May 1948, months before the date the UN partition plan envisaged, and that Israel declared its independence on 14 May 1948; the departure of the British High Commissioner the next day ceremonially signalled the end of the Mandate.12
Link to this chapterThe Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question dates the Nakba’s third stage from 15 May 1948, after Zionist leaders proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel: Arab armies entered Palestine, and the Arab–Israeli war broke out.3
Link to this chapterLinked context in the legacy record
Within a yearThe Nakba, The UN partition plan, Plan Dalet, UN resolution 194: the right of return, The Lydda massacre and death march
Evidence
United Nations · section: The situation in Palestine
Original-language quotation · enGreat Britain announced that it would terminate the Mandate on 15 May 1948, several months before the time envisaged in the United Nations plan.Link to this citationUnited Nations · section: The end of the mandate and the birth of Israel
Original-language quotation · enIsrael declared its independence on 14 May 1948. The departure of the British High Commissioner the next day ceremonially signalled the end of the Mandate.Link to this citationPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Maher Charif)
Original-language quotation · enbegan on 15 May 1948, after Zionist leaders proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel. Arab armies entered Palestine and the Arab-Israeli war broke out.Link to this citationarticle · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Maher Charif, “The Nakba”, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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document · United Nations
The United Nations study prepared for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, part II, as held by the UN Information System on the Question of Palestine.
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05-14 · occurrence
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