Primary Sources, 1948

Altalena on Fire
- United Nations Palestine Commission Report to the Special Assembly, p.7, Jan. 19, 1948.
- Lechi Warns British Not to Harm Hostages, Jan. 20, 1948.
- Conspiracy Against Partition, Lillie Schultz, January 31, 1948.
- Palestine Act, 1948 (excerpt).
- Fundraising Ad for Hadassah, Feb. 17, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council 42, Mar. 5, 1948.
- Statement by Ambassador Warren R. Austin, Mar. 19, 1948.
- Treaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and Transjordan – March 1948 (Cmd. 7404). This treaty between Britain and Transjordan came two years after Transjordan declared itself an independent state, free from British domination.
- Statement by President Truman, March 25, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 43, April 1, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 44, April 1, 1948.
- Fundraising Ad for United Jewish Appeal, Apr. 6, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 46, April 17, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 48, April 23, 1948.
- Massacre at Kfar Etzion, Cairo to Damascus, May 13, 1948.
- Declaration of Israel’s Independence, May 14, 1948.
- U.N. General Assembly Resolution 186, May 14, 1948.
- Call to Arms by Temporary Israeli Government, May 14, 1948.
- Histadrut Poster on the Declaration of the State, May 1948.
- Fundraising Ad for United Jewish Appeal, 1948.
- Letter From the Agent of the Provisional Government of Israel to the President of the United States, May 15, 1948
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 49, May 22, 1948.
- The Exodus, Zion Gate, 7-00 PM, May 28, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 50, May 29, 1948.
- The Facts about the Altalena, according to the Etzel, Etzel Museum, June 25, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 53, July 7, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 54, July 15, 1948.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 56, August 19, 1948.
- Jamal Husseini’s Description of the Palestine Situation on August 31, 1948
- Emile Ghory, Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee, Beirut Telegraph, Sep. 6, 1948.
- Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator on Palestine, Sep. 16, 1948, Conclusions.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 57, September 18, 1948.
- Hanging of an Iraqi Jew, Eternal Stranger by Lawrence Resner, Country Life Press, NY, 1951 p.141-143.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 59, October 19, 1948.
- Creation of a Conciliation Commission for Palestine, Resolution of the General Assembly, December 11, 1948.
- British Limits on Immigration
- ODD World: A Photo Reporter’s Story, John Phillips, 1959.
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