VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > F. The Middle East and North Africa, 1914–1945 > 2. The Middle East > g. Palestine > 1938

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1938
Appearance of the Irgun, a militant Zionist organization that began a terrorist campaign in response to anti-Jewish attacks.	1
March 3
Arrival of Sir Harold MacMichael, the new high commissioner.	2
Nov. 9
The Woodhead Commission, established to determine the feasibility of partition schemes, published its report, which declared them all to be impractical. The British government then announced it would convene an international conference on the Palestine question.	3

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