Overall Chronology

Overall Chronology

Thematic Chronology
British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine
1919 - 1946
28 events

Presents the main findings and recommendations of the various British and international commissions, reports, and conferences organized as a prelude to the Mandate or during the Mandate period. They came as a response to increased Palestinian unrest and revolt due to a general desire for national independence, fears of increased Jewish immigration, and suspicion of the ultimate intentions of the Mandatory Power.

Peel Commission and Partition

The members of the Royal Commission Photographed in the garden of the King David Hotel immediately after their first official sitting. Third left is Lord Peel , chairman of the commission. 

11 November 1936
Source: 
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection
British and International Commissions of Inquiry in Mandate Palestine
E.g., 2024/12/09
E.g., 2024/12/09

British Occupation and Early Mandate

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Late Mandate

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946