At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes
BBC →The latest escalation in the decades-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel erupted when the group fired rockets into Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the opening stages of the war.
50 Killed In Clashes In Palestine
Haifa, Palestine, July 26—Five persons were killed today in the Holy Land's Arab-Jewish racial warfare, which took 18 lives in Haifa yesterday. Greater loss of life was averted when police found in the crowded Arab vegetable market of old Jerusalem a heavily charged bomb just 15 minutes before it was set to explode. Police expressed the belief the bomb was similar to the one which exploded in the Haifa market yesterday. Three members of a terrorist band were slain in a battle with special constables, whom they had attacked. A Jewish father and his 14-year-old son were killed when they were ambushed near a Jewish settlement on the banks of the Jordan river. Casualties were placed at 18 dead and 107 wounded. Sixty-one of the victims were Arabs and four were Jews. The Associated Press correspondent (CONTINUED on Page Five)
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Al-Bassa massacre
The al-Bassa massacre was an incident that took place on September 6, 1938, in the Palestinian village of al-Bassa, during the Palestinian Revolt (1936–1939) against British rule. The massacre was a reprisal for a nearby roadside mine that killed 2 British soldiers, and exemplified the harsh tactics used by the British to suppress the Arab nationalist uprising.
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The Woodhead Commission (officially the Palestine Partition Commission) was a British technical commission established to propose 'a detailed' partition scheme for Mandatory Palestine, including recommending the partition boundaries and examination of economic and financial aspects of the Peel Plan. It concluded that the Peel plan was impracticable, citing difficulties related to the proposed transfer of population, mostly of Arabs, as well as administrative and financial concerns.
Wikipedia →White Paper of 1939
The White Paper of 1939 was a policy paper issued by the British government, led by Neville Chamberlain, in response to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. It declared unequivocally that Palestine would not become a Jewish State, called for an independent Palestine governed jointly by Arabs and Jews within 10 years, and sharply restricted Jewish immigration — directly fuelling the Jewish armed revolt against British rule that followed.
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