Journal Article

“A Municipality Seeking Refuge: Jerusalem Municipality in 1948”

Publication Date: 2019
Author: Haneen Naamneh
Language: English
Edition: N/A
Publisher: Jerusalem Quarterly (77), Institute of Jerusalem Studies

A study of the fate of the Jerusalem Municipality from the moment the British left the country on May 14, 1948, through Israel’s conquest of the western side of the city and disbanding of the Arab Council, up until November 28, 1948, when the first Jordanian municipality was appointed for Arab East Jerusalem