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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Jordan that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
May 1948: Jordanian forces invaded Mandatory Palestine and moved towards Nablus and Ramallah.
May 1948: Latrun is occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
May 1948: Lydda and Ramleh are occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
May 1948: Israeli conquests until end of May during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
May 1948: Until May 21, the Egyptian forces had occupied Beersheba and reached Bethlehem.
May 1948: The Jordanian Arab League reached the southern suburbs of Jerusalem.
May 1948: Iraqi forces march on the triangle of Jenin - Nablus - Tulkarem.
May 1948: The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem fell to the Jordanian Arab Legion on 28 May 1948.
July 1948: Dayr Tarif was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: 'Innaba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Daniyal was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Jimzu was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Kharruba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: al-Barriyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Tira was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Lydda was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Ramle was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Haditha was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Suba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Sar'a was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Kh al-Buwayra was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Salbit was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Bir Ma'in was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Barfiliya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Shilta was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
August 1948: Bayt Thul was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Nachshon.
December 1948: Arab defeat at al-Auja on December 27, 1948.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
is an ongoing conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours, as well as with Palestine, an area factually controlled by Israel itself. The conflict begun when the British Mandate in Palestine (a former Ottoman territory) was partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state.
1.1.Palestine War
Was a war that took place in Palestine, initially a British Mandate, between the Jewish population and the the Arab population (later with the support of the Arab league) of the region. It is traditionally divided in two phases: a civil war in the final phase of the British Mandate, and a full-scale invasion by a coalition of Arab countries after the British left Palestine. During the war the State of Israel was established.
1.1.1.1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
Was a civil war between the Jewish and Arab populations of the British Mandate for Palestine, and the first phase of the 1948 Palestine War. The goal of the Jewish population was the creation of their own nation, whereas the Arab community, which represented the majority of the country, opposed this plan.
1.1.1.1.Operation Nachshon
Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
1.1.2.1948 Arab-Israeli War
Was a war between the newly established State of Israel and a coalition of Arab states. It was the second phase of the Palestine War of 1948. After the evacuation of the British forces from the Mandate for Palestine, Israel declared its independence, and Palestine was invaded by a coalition of Arab states.
1.1.2.1.Central Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
Were a series of battles on the central front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
1.1.2.2.Southern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
Were a series of battles on the southern front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
1.1.2.3.Central Front - Operation Danny
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.1.2.4.Southern Front - Operation Horev
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.1.3.1949 Armistice Agreements
Were a series of agreements between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria that formally ended the 1948 Arab-Israel War.
July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Western Jordan remains occupied by Jordan.
July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Israel was left with the part of Mandatory Palestine it had conquered during the war.
1.2.Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
As a Consequence of the Palestine War, Jordan annexed the West Bank.
April 1950: Jordanian annexation of the West Bank.
Disestablishment
April 1950: Jordanian annexation of the West Bank.
Selected Sources
Alain Gresh et Dominique Vidal, Palestine 47, un partage avorté, 1994, p. 177.
Gilbert, M. (2012): The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 10th Edition, Routledge, p.46
Gilbert, M. (2012): The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 10th Edition, Routledge, p.50
Louis, W.R. (1984): The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism, Clarendon Press, p. 756
Morris, B. (2003): Victimes: histoire revisitée du conflit arabo-sioniste, Editions Complexe, p.247
Morris, B. (2008): 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p.234,
Naor, M. (2013): Social Mobilization in the Arab/Israeli War of 1948: On the Israeli Home Front, Routledge, p. 140
Operation Danny. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 30 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Danny
Operation Nachshon. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 30 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nachshon
Richard L Abel, Ole Hammerslev, Hilary Sommerlad, Ulrike Schultz (2020): Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies: Vol. 1: National Reports, Bloomsbury Publishing, p.642
Tal, D. (2004): War in Palestine, 1948: Israeli and Arab Strategy and Diplomacy, Routledge, p. 205
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Jordan (Military Occupation)
