Selected Documents on the 1948 Palestine War Author(s): Walid Khalidi Source: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Spring, 1998), pp. 60-105 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Institute for Palestine Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2537835 Accessed: 24-07-2015 20:24 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. University of California Press and Institute for Palestine Studies are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Palestine Studies. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 66.134.128.11 on Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:24:50 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions SELECTED DOCUMENTS ON THE 1948 PALESTINE WAR SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BY WALID KHALIDI The 1948 PalestineWar, whose fiftiethanniversary occurs thisyear, fell into two major phases: the first,the civilwar phase, began soon afterthe UnitedNational General Assembly(UNGA) partitionresolution of 29 November 1947 and lasted until15 May 1948,the formalend of the BritishMandate. The second, the regular war phase, lasted from15 May (when the Stateof Israel was also declared) until the various Arab-Israeliarmistice agreements were concluded in 1948-49.