By Low, 'The Evening Standard', January 3, 1947

The Irgun had again declared war against the British.

By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', January 6, 1947

The aim of the Irgun's terror campain was to force the British to relinquish
it's "Palestine Mandate".

By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', January 29, 1947

David Ben-Gurion, head of the Jewish Agency, denounced the Irgun as the
"enemy of the Jewish people".

By Low, 'The Evening Standard', February 5, 1947

The British Administration orders the evacuation of all British women and
children to leave Palestine at once.

By Low, 'The Evening Standard', February 13, 1947

Britain declaired that it was not prepared to try to impose a solution in Palestine
by force of arms. Hands the Palestine mandate back to the U.N.

By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', May 6, 1947

The Acre Prison break was carried out by the Irgun on May 4, 1947.

By Low, 'The Evening Standard', June 13, 1947

The Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht was an active Zionist and supporter
of paramilitary action against British forces in Palestine.

By Low, 'The Evening Standard', July 31, 1947

The ship 'Exodus' carrying 4,500 Jewish illegal immigrants was towed by the Royal Navy into Haifa.
The Jews were then transferred back to Germany.

By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', September 22, 1947

By Low, 'The Evening Standard', September 26, 1947

By E.H. Shepard, 'Punch', October 10, 1947

By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', October 13, 1947

By Low, 'The Evening Standard', October 17, 1947

By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', December 2, 1947

The United Nations votes for partition of Palestine to be divided into a Jewish state and an Arab state.