following british defeats at the first and second battles of gaza in march and april 1917 , lieutenant general philip chetwode commanding Control the eef 's eastern force and kress von kressenstein 's ottoman empire force had each adopted Choosing a defensive posture and a stalemate had developed Coming_to_be in southern palestine .

it formally began Process_start following the end of the british mandate for palestine at midnight on 14 may 1948 ; the israeli declaration Expressing_publicly of independence had been issued Statement earlier that day , and a military coalition of arab states entered Arriving the territory of british palestine in the morning of 15 may .

it formally began Process_start following the end of the british mandate for palestine at midnight on 14 may 1948 ; the israeli declaration Expressing_publicly of independence had been issued Statement earlier that day , and a military coalition of arab states entered Arriving the territory of british palestine in the morning of 15 may .

at the jericho conference Communication on 1 december 1948 , 2,000 palestinian delegates called for unification of palestine and transjordan as a step toward full arab unity .

the hotel was the site of the central offices of the british mandatory authorities of palestine , principally the secretariat of the government of palestine and the headquarters of the british armed forces in palestine and transjordan .

the hotel was the site of the central offices of the british mandatory authorities of palestine , principally the secretariat of the government of palestine and the headquarters of the british armed forces in palestine and transjordan .

the hotel was the site of the central offices of the british mandatory authorities of palestine , principally the secretariat of the government of palestine and the headquarters of the british armed forces in palestine and transjordan .

the hebron massacre refers Name_conferral to the killing Killing of sixty-seven or sixty-nine jews on 24 august 1929 in hebron , then part of mandatory palestine , by arabs incited to violence Violence by rumors that jews were planning Arranging to seize Getting control of the temple mount in jerusalem .