History Thread for “1948”

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February 24, 2026 Breaking

Incidents and Historical Context of Christians and Christian Sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories

There have been multiple reported incidents involving Christians and Christian holy places in Israel and the Palestinian territories, including isolated acts of harassment as well as hist...

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February 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Gaza under siege. Destruction of water and civilian infrastructure since 1948

Gaza Strip · Gaza City · Palestine

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February 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Palestinian Christian Villages and Towns Occupation Timeline 1948–2026

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February 2, 2026 Breaking

The Master Timeline

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February 1, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Israel’s Occupation of Palestine: A Timeline

Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel / Palestine

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January 26, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

Palestinian Holocaust

Palestinian Holocaust The term “Palestinian Holocaust” has been used by activists and commentators to describe the cumulative impact of displacement, warfare, and territorial loss experi...

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December 28, 2012 Breaking

Changes to Smith–Mundt Act in H.R. 4310 Section 1078

United States Capitol · Washington · District of Columbia · United States

Amendment of the Smith–Mundt Act in the National Defense Authorization Act On 28 December 2012, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal ...

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December 20, 1948 Breaking

Alleged Royal circumcision claim reported

Allegations have circulated claiming that King Charles III was circumcised in December 1948 shortly after his birth at Buckingham Palace. The accounts state the procedure allegedly took p...

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09

May 22, 1948 Breaking

There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

Tantura Beach · Dor · Haifa District · Israel

1948 Tantura Killings The events at the Palestinian village of Tantura occurred during the **1948 Palestine war**, when forces of the Haganah, specifically the Alexandroni Brig...

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April 1, 1948 Wars & Conflicts

Operation Cast Thy Bread: Poisoning of Palestinian Wells

Acre · Northern District · Israel

Operation Cast Thy Bread: Poisoning of Palestinian Wells In April 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, personnel associated with the ...

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January 1, 1948 Breaking

Yemenite Children Affair: Disappearances and Controversy in Early Israel

The Yemenite Children Affair refers to a long-running controversy in Israel between 1948 and 1954, involving the disappearance of mainly Yemenite Jewish infants and toddlers shortly after...

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November 29, 1947 Wars & Conflicts

Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe)

Jaffa · Tel Aviv–Jaffa · Tel Aviv District · Israel / Palestine

The Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians that occurred between 1947 and 1949 during the collapse of the British Mandate for Palestine and the establishm...

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July 1, 1939 Politics

JFK Wrote in 1939 That Palestine Was Hardly Britain's to Give Away

Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel / Palestine

JFK Wrote in 1939 That Palestine Was Hardly Britain's to Give Away In July 1939, John F. Kennedy, then a 22-year-old Harvard student, visited Palestine during a trip arranged b...

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October 5, 1937 Politics

David Ben-Gurion Controversial Statements Record

Tel Aviv · Tel Aviv District · Israel

David Ben-Gurion Controversial Statements Record On October 5, 1937, David Ben-Gurion wrote a letter to his son Amos following the Peel Commission’s proposal to partition Mandatory Pales...

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April 19, 1936 Wars & Conflicts

Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)

Nablus · West Bank · Palestine

The Arab Revolt in Palestine was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration under the British Mandate, which followed the 1917 B...

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November 2, 1917 Breaking

Balfour Declaration

Foreign Office · London · England · United Kingdom

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued on November 2 1917 by the British government during World War I expressing support for the establishment of a national home for the J...

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June 1, 1048 Wars & Conflicts

Great Book Robbery of 1948

Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel / Palestine

Great Book Robbery of 1948 In 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, thousands of books and manuscripts were stolen from Palestinian ho...

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R1

Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Free Officers Revolution

23 July 1952 — Egyptian military officers overthrow King Farouk's government. The movement is driven by dissatisfaction with corruption, political inequality, British influence and Egypt'...

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R2

Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Albania Breaks With Yugoslavia

1948 — The Tito-Stalin split transforms Albania's foreign alignment. Hoxha uses the crisis to eliminate Yugoslav influence and bind Albania much more closely to Stalin's Soviet Union.

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Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Why Did Communist Albania Become So Isolated?

1948–1978 — Follow Albania's successive breaks with Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and China and the increasingly radical ideology of Enver Hoxha's government.

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