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1947
Fight for independence.
Arrive of the UNSCOP.
.07 July: Beriha [flight]: Aliya Bet [illegal immigration] continues to bring Jewish refugees to Eretz Yisrael.
The steamer «Exodus» repelled by force from the shores of Palestine to Europe, with 4'500 survivors of the Holocaust on board. British send the immigrant boat «Exodus» back to Europe, and Hamburg, Germany, where the passengers are sent to an internment camp.
.11 November 29th: United Nations General Assembly votes for the partition of Palestine in a Arab and a Jewish State. Jerusalem shall stand under international administration. The arabs decline this solution.
November 30th: Two Egged busses are attacked by arabs. Six people die. These incidents are regarded as the beginning of the War of Independence.
.12 December 11th: The British government announces her intention to give up the Mandate over Palestine May 15th, 1948.
Arabian attacks on Jerusalem.
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