Jordan Formally Annexes the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Jordan formally annexes the West Bank and East Jerusalem, allowing the Palestinian inhabitants therein to obtain Jordanian citizenship.
Knesset Declares Jerusalem Capital of Israel
By a vote of 60-2, with members of Mapam and Herut abstaining, the Knesset adopts a proclamation declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
Ben-Gurion Rejects International Status for Jerusalem
December 5, 1949 Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declares in a Knesset speech that “Jewish Jerusalem is an organic, inseparable part of the state of Israel” and that Israel rejects any attempt by the United Nations…
Yitzhak Rabin Leads a Relief Convoy into Jerusalem
Two days after being established and placed under the command of twenty-four-year-old Yitzhak Rabin, the Harel Brigade organized a convoy of supplies to be brought to Jerusalem under fire from Arab irregulars.
Arabs Block Food Convoy to Jerusalem
April 1, 1948 Nine Jews are killed and 17 others are wounded in an unsuccessful attempt to move a 60-truck convoy of food and other supplies to Jerusalem through Wadi Sarrar, even though Haganah patrols…
Jerusalem’s King David Hotel Is Bombed
Members of the Irgun, a Jewish military organization that is absorbed into the IDF during the 1948 War, bomb the British administrative headquarters in Palestine, based in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Twenty-eight British, forty-one Arabs, and seventeen Jews are killed.
Amos Oz Is Born in Jerusalem
Israeli author, journalist and intellectual Amos Oz is born as “Amos Klausner” in Jerusalem during the British Mandate.
Mufti of Jerusalem Rejects Majority Palestinian Arab State
The Mufti has enormous power in his hands, yet he chooses non-engagement with the British, who controlled Palestine.
YMCA Building Is Inaugurated in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem YMCA, still operational today, is opened by General Edmund Allenby in front of an overflow crowd.
First Nurses Graduate in the Land of Israel
Twenty-two women graduate from the Nurses’ Training Institute at Rothschild Hospital in Jerusalem. They are the first to receive nursing degrees in the Land of Israel.
Riots Break Out in Jerusalem’s Old City During the Muslim Nebi Musa Festival
A Muslim pilgrimage festival erupts into violence against Jews in Jerusalem, leaving nine dead and hundreds wounded.
Ronald Storrs Is Appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem
British General Edmund Allenby appoints Ronald Storrs as Military Governor of Jerusalem.
Revisionist Zionist Shmuel Katz Is Born
Shmuel Katz, a leader of Revisionist Zionism and a founder of the Herut Party in Israel, is born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Teddy Kollek Is Born
Teddy Kollek, Zionist leader and long-time mayor of Jerusalem, is born in Nagyvázsony, Hungary.
Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway Line Debuts
The first passenger train arrives in Jerusalem from Jaffa as part of the first railroad project in the Ottoman-controlled Levant, the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway line.
Saladin Captures Jerusalem
Following a siege that began on September 20, Jerusalem falls to Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt.
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