January: The US House of Representatives outlines US policy to enable unrestricted Jewish Immigration to Palestine and support a Jewish commonwealth.
March: The “Arab League” is formed to promote inter-Arab co-operation and forge stronger ties between the member states, which initially are: Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and Syria, with Yemen joining in May.
August: USA directly intervenes in the Palestine issue when President Harry Truman asks British counterpart, Clement Attlee, to allow 100,000 Jews to migrate to Palestine.
October: The Haganah, Irgun and Lehi (Zionist militia groups) unite to form the Jewish Resistance Movement and begin a wave of anti-British attacks intended to weaken British authority in Palestine.
November: British Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin announces a commission to assess the economic, social and political situation in Palestine known as the “Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry”.
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