Israel and Gaza

According to reports the league of nations British mandate for Palestine was replaced by u.n. trusteeship, as were other league of nations mandates. Reportedly the Harrison report of 1945, compiled by the u.s. representative to the intergovernmental committee on refugees enquired into mandatory Palestine in relation to the future of survivors of concentration camps. According to the report the effect was that President Truman wrote to the British prime minister saying that helping war refugees return home should be given first priority.

Reportedly between 1944-47 various Israeli underground groups campaigned against British rule. According to reports, on 15 May 1945 directly following the termination of the league of nations mandate for Palestine and Israel’s independence there was an invasion by members of the Arab league.

According to reports the league of nations became the united nations in April 1946. Various plans were compiled, the first reportedly being the Morris-Grady plan of July 1946 which proposed the self rule of jewish and arab states under British supervision, except for Jerusalem and the Negev which would remain under direct British control. Reportedly the plan failed which was followed by the London conference, September 1946-February 47. Another plan proposed by British foreign secretary Ernest Brevin suggesting a limited five year u.n. trusteeship was said to have failed due to no partition. According to reports the u.n. partition plan of 1948 recommended independent arab and jewish states with an international arrangement for Jerusalem, Samaria and Bethlehem.

Reportedly, from 1948 Palestinians believed to be a threat were moved with their families to Gaza. According to a report Egypt annexed Gaza in 1949 which remained under Egyptian control until the six day war of 1967 when Israel took back Gaza and annexed the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza blockade followed due to the threat of terrorism.