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The Jewish leadership in Palestine declared the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, the moment the British mandate terminated, though without announcing its borders. The...
Our interactive maps show you how thousands of Palestinian villages vanished and how the residents were dispossessed of their land. We have drone footage that shows you what Palestine's...
Map of the Partition of Israel and Palestine. Annotation. In 1947, Britain announced that it would terminate its mandate government in Palestine. As a result, a special committee formed by the United Nations was charged with partitioning the territory into separate, sovereign states.
Oct 11, 2023 · The Jewish leadership in Palestine declared the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, the moment the British mandate terminated, though without announcing its borders. The...
Nov 17, 2023 · 1947 U.N. partition plan. In 1947, as the end of the British Mandate neared, the United Nations proposed partitioning Palestine into a Jewish state and a smaller Palestinian state. Jerusalem —...
Jan 26, 2022 · Historical maps reveal how the political boundaries between Israel and Palestine have gradually shifted over the past decades. A story told from the perspectives of both sides.
View data on over 2,000 places, past and present. Download hundreds of historical map sheets. View past and present maps side-by-side. View the topography of Palestine in 3D. Overlay historical and present day maps. Explore, search and download historical maps and spatial data on Palestine.
Israel/Palestine in 1949: Map. This map shows the Rhodes Armistice Line, which delineated Israel from Transjordan after the 1948-1949 War. The armistice line provided Israel with the area that is shaded blue; the West Bank and Gaza were given to Jordan and Egypt, respectively,….
Feb 1, 2024 · Feb. 1, 2024. One year matters more than any other for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1948, Jews realized their wildly improbable dream of a state, and Palestinians...
Jul 10, 2024 · The Atlas of Palestine 1948 relies on the historic maps drawn by British and French cartographers in the early 1900s, aerial photographs taken by German Air Force (1917-18) and the Royal Air Force (1945-46), and 55 detailed charts and tables based on records maintained by the British Survey of Palestine Department, whose purpose was to ...
