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Biographies

Wadi‘ Faris al-Bustani

1888 - 20 January 1954

1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008

Events

Foundation of the Zionist Paramilitary Group Hashomer

Founding of the Haganah, the Jewish Paramilitary Organization

Establishment of Irgun

Arms Shipment to the Haganah

British Secure Military Reinforcements and Arm a Jewish Settlement Police

May 1936 - September 1936

Avner Defense Plan

Second Phase of the Great Palestinian Rebellion

23 July 1937 - September 1938

Palmach Underground Is Established

Haganah Stockpiles Weapons

Pledge to Buy US Armament for the Haganah

Coordinated Zionist Anti-British Activism

1 October 1945 - 31 October 1945

Haganah's Plan Gimmel

Zionist Attacks Against Palestinians

21 May 1947 - 15 August 1947

The Haganah Implements Plan Gimmel

1 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks on Palestinians in the Wake of the Partition Plan

6 December 1947 - 31 December 1947

Series of Zionist Attacks

2 January 1948 - 26 January 1948

Palestinian Attacks

14 January 1948 - 19 February 1948

Zionist Military Preparations

14 January 1948 - 20 February 1948

Zionist Attacks

15 February 1948 - 5 March 1948

Plan Dalet Finalized by the Haganah

Haganah Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Palestinian Operations

11 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

Arms for the Zionist Forces

1 April 1948 - 14 May 1948

Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road

3 April 1948 - 21 April 1948

The Battle for Haifa and Its Surroundings

4 April 1948 - 22 April 1948

Massacre in Deir Yasin

9 April 1948 - 11 April 1948

Fighting Around Jerusalem

12 April 1948 - 23 April 1948

Fall of Tiberias

16 April 1948 - 18 April 1948

Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa

24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Jevussi for the Conquest of Jerusalem

26 April 1948 - 30 April 1948

Zionist Conquest of Eastern Galilee

28 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Operations Makkabi and Ben-Nun in al-Latrun Area

8 May 1948 - 31 May 1948

Operation Barak Toward the South

9 May 1948 - 13 May 1948

Operation Ben-Ami in Western Galilee

13 May 1948 - 21 May 1948

Control of Coastal Plain Haifa-Tel Aviv

13 May 1948 - 23 May 1948

Operations Shfifon and Kilshon in Jerusalem

14 May 1948 - 28 May 1948

Arab Armies Cross Palestine Borders

15 May 1948 - 10 June 1948

Jewish National Fund Adopts New Policy to Purchase and Claim Lands in the West Bank

25 February 2021 - 2 September 2021

Historical Media

The Haganah Starts Its Offensive

Haganah in Jerusalem

Highlights

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

Stages of a Forced Displacement

The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948

An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come

Lydda, 9-13 July 1948

A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March

Palestine Police During the British Mandate

Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals

The Israeli Military

The Myth of “the Most Moral Army in the World”

II. British Occupation and Early Mandate

The Algerians of Palestine

IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba

Places

al-Batani al-Sharqi

al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa

al-Ghubayya al-Tahta

al-Naghnaghiyya

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

al-Shaykh Muwannis

Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'

al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta

'Arab al-Nufay'at

Balad al-Shaykh

Khirbat Bayt Lid

Bayyarat Hannun

Daliyat al-Rawha'

Ghabat Kafr Sur

Ijlil al-Qibliyya

Khirbat al-Damun

Khirbat al-Jawfa

Khirbat al-Kasayir

Khirbat al-Mansura

Khirbat al-Shuna

Khirbat al-Zababida

Khirbat Bayt Far

Khirbat Qumbaza

Kirad al-Baqqara

Kirad al-Ghannama

Mansurat al-Khayt

Sarafand al-'Amar

Wa'arat al-Sarris

Wadi al-Hawarith