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Number of events: 73

1948
1 May 1948		Massacre at Ein ez Zeitun (Ayn Zaytoun)
May 1948		Operation Barak
2 May 1948		British officers of Arab Legion meet with Haganah officers
3 May 1948		Letter bomb sent to Roy Farran kills his brother, Rex
3 May 1948		start of Further massacres at Ein ez Zeitun (Ayn Zaytoun)
4 May 1948		Jessup telegram to Dean Rusk on Soviet intentions in Middle East
4 May 1948		end of Further massacres at Ein ez Zeitun (Ayn Zaytoun)
4 May 1948		United Nations committee starts to draft resolution for provisional regime in Palestine
5 May 1948		Trusteeship Council adopts plan to select Special Municipal Commissioner for Jerus'm
5 May 1948		ALA troops leave Jaffa under British protection
6 May 1948		Haganah leadership present Ben-Gurion with ultimatum, demanding reinstatement of Israel Galili as head of National Command
6 May 1948		start of Typhoid epidemic in besieged Acre -- poisoned water supply suspected
7 May 1948		start of Ethnic Cleansing of Safed
8 May 1948		end of Ethnic Cleansing of Safed
9 May 1948		Haganah meeting in Netanya to decide fate of Tantura and neighbouring coastal villages
10 May 1948		British Life Guards withdraw from Jaffa to Sarafand camp
11 May 1948		Golda Meir visits Abdullah in Amman
11 May 1948		A letter bomb addressed to Sir Evelyn Barker was detected by his wife.
12 May 1948		Truman and Marshall clash over proposal to recognize Jewish state in Palestine
12 May 1948		White House discussion of US action in event of declaration of Jewish state
12 May 1948		Meeting of Provisional State Council
12 May 1948		Drafting of Israeli Declaration of Independence
12 May 1948		Provisional State Council votes, 5 to 4, not to mention borders in Israeli declaration of independence
13 May 1948		UN subcommittee recommends temporary regime for Palestine as a whole
13 May 1948		In press conference, Truman refuses to commit himself on recognition of Jewish state
13 May 1948		end of Zionist attack on, and capture of, Jaffa
13 May 1948		Chairman of UN Consular Truce Commission heads for Amman to offer US truce terms to Arab Higher Committee
13 May 1948		Harold Evans appointed Special Municipal Commissioner for Jerusalem
14 May 1948		Ben-Gurion promises than an Israeli constitution would be in place before 1 October 1948
14 May 1948		US recognizes Israel
14 May 1948		Cancellation, by British Mandate authorities in Palestine, of Emergency Regulations
14 May 1948		Kfar Etzion settlement surrenders to Arab forces
14 May 1948		Declaration of Israel's independence
14 May 1948		UNGA approves creation of United Nations Mediator for Palestine
14 May 1948		end of Second Special Session of General Assembly met in Flushing Meadows
14 May 1948		start of Ethnic cleansing of Bisan
14 May 1948		British High Commissioner leaves Jerusalem for Haifa
14 May 1948		British Union Jack at remains of King David Hotel replaced by flag of International Red Cross
14 May 1948		Last British High Commissioner departs from Haifa
15 May 1948		Egyptian Spitfires bomb Sdeh Dov airfield
15 May 1948		Acre surrenders to Haganah
15 May 1948		Egyptian army attacks Dangour
15 May 1948		start of Capture and total destruction of the al-Maghar village
15 May 1948		Arab army contingents enter Palestine
15 May 1948		Egypt closes Suez canal to ships travelling to/from Palestine
15 May 1948		end of Ethnic cleansing of Bisan
15 May 1948		Nakba day zero
16 May 1948		US army in Germany commits to assisting Jews in Germany and Austria to leave for Israel
17 May 1948		Capture of Acre
18 May 1948		Egyptian air raid on Tel Aviv
18 May 1948		Israeli army attacks Old City of Jerusalem
18 May 1948		Massacre at Acre
19 May 1948		Kibbutz Yad Mordechai attacks passing Egyptian column
19 May 1948		end of Typhoid epidemic in besieged Acre -- poisoned water supply suspected
20 May 1948		UN Security Council appoints Folke Bernadotte as Mediator for Palestine
20 May 1948		Massacre at Kabri
late May 1948		Israeli Air Force bombs Gaza City
21 May 1948		Carmeli Brigade capture al-Ghabisiyya
21 May 1948		Egyptian units reach Bethlehem after crossing desert through Beer el Sabe
late May 1948		Israeli army expels the people of Ghabisiyya
22 May 1948		Egyptian Spitfires shot down by British airmen
22 May 1948		start of Massacre at al-Tantura
23 May 1948		end of Massacre at al-Tantura
23 May 1948		Israeli agents attempt to poison Gaza water supply
24 May 1948		First Battle of Latrun
24 May 1948		Egyptians reach Majdal, making it their headquarters
24 May 1948		Jan Smuts gives de facto recognition to Israel
24 May 1948		Iraqi regulars move into Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm triangle
late May 1948		French government decides to donate arms to Irgun
26 May 1948		Election in South Africa ushers in the era of Apartheid
28 May 1948		Surrender of Jewish quarter of Old City of Jerusalem
28 May 1948		Egyptians reach Isdud, digging in two miles to its north
29 May 1948		Israeli aircraft attack Egyptians at Isdud

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Items should:
	have an abstract which is		empty non-empty either
	have a commentary which is		empty non-empty either
	have an ISBN (that is, be a book)
	be a book that has a cover lacks a cover
	have a URL which contains all the strings
	be uttered by an author/speaker whose name contains all the words			free match whole words exact name
	be published by a journal/producer whose name contains all the words			free match whole words exact name
	discuss a topic whose name contains all the words			free match whole words exact name
		including not including items which discuss sub-topics
	mention a person/organization whose name contains all the words			free match whole words exact name
	Involvement note required?		No Yes
	Must the entity be seen or heard?		No Yes
	mention a place whose name contains all the words			free match whole words exact name
	Involvement note required?		No Yes
	mention an event	whose name contains all the words		free match whole words exact name
		which is dated anytime between and
	Involvement note required?		No Yes
Order	order items by date order items by journal or producer, then by date order items by database ID give items in reverse order
Show	all items found only first items in specified ordering ignore book covers

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