Timeline For the Month of December 1947
December 1: Arab
League organizes Arab Liberation Army (ALA), a voluntary force of Arab
irregulars under guerrilla leader Fawzi al-Qawuqji to help Palestinians
resist partition.
December 2: Palestinians
start three-day strike protesting UN partition resolution.
Intercommunal clashes result in death of eight Jews and six
Palestinians.
December 3:
December 4:
December 5: US State Department announces US embargo on arms
shipments to Palestine and Arab states.
December 6:
December 7:
December 8: Britain recommends to UN that Palestine Mandate be
terminated on 15 May 1948 and independent Jewish and Palestinian states
be established two weeks later.
December 9: Arab
League declares partition of Palestine illegal; it resolves to provide
10,000 rifles, 3,000 volunteers (including 500 Palestinians) and
additional 1,000,000 pounds.
December 10:
December 11:
December 12:
December 13:
December 14:
December 15: British turns policing of Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva
over to Jews and that of Jaffa to Palestinians.
December 16:
December 17: Jewish Agency Executive reports that American Jews
will be asked for $250 million to help Jewish community in Palestine.
December 18:
December 19: Haganah attacks village of Khisas (Safed district)
killing ten Palestinians.
December 20:Haganah attacks village of
Qazaza (Ramleh district).
December 21: Arab Higher Committee
organizes 275 local
committees
for defense of Palestinian
towns and villages.
Source: Reference: http://www.alnakba.org/chronology/sixth.htm