The Zionist land-redemption agencies establish approximately fifty…

The Zionist land-redemption agencies establish approximately fifty new localities in previously unsettled rural areas by erecting, overnight, settlements that include a stockade and a watchtower, to circumvent the 1940 regulations under the White Paper policy.

A crucial step in securing the inclusion of the Negev in the Jewish state is the formation of eleven such settlements in this area on October 15, 1946 (and another seven in 1947).