Mandatory Palestine

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Mandatory Palestine was a British-administered territory in the Middle East from 1920 to 1948, established under a League of Nations mandate and encompassing the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
former British-administered territory
administeredBy United Kingdom
administrativeDivision districts
borderedBy Egypt
Lebanon
Mediterranean Sea
Syria
Transjordan
capital Jerusalem
colonialPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
containsCoast Mediterranean coast
containsLake Sea of Galilee
containsRegion Galilee
Judea
Negev
linked to: Negev desert

Samaria
containsRiver Jordan River
containsSea Dead Sea
continent Asia
countryType mandated territory
currency Palestine pound
demographicGroup Arab Palestinians
linked to: Palestinian

Christian communities
Jewish population
endDate 1948
endEvent termination of British Mandate
endEventDate 1948-05-14
establishedBy League of Nations
governingBody British Mandate authorities
highCommissioner Alan Cunningham
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Harold MacMichael
Herbert Samuel
includedTerritoryUntil1921 Transjordan
legalBasis League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
locatedIn Middle East
majorCity Acre
Gaza
linked to: Gaza Strip

Haifa
Hebron
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Nablus
mandateConfirmedBy Council of the League of Nations
mandateConfirmedDate 1922
officialLanguage Arabic
English
Hebrew
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29
partitionPlanResolution UN General Assembly Resolution 181
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Ottoman Empire
relatedConflict 1947–1949 Palestine war
Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)
startDate 1920
successor All-Palestine Government
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

State of Israel
linked to: Israel

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Manchester Regiment servedInTheatre Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Meir Dizengoff citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Meir Dizengoff placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Meir Dizengoff countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Beersheba wasImportantInPeriod British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Emil Ghuri countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine location Mandatory Palestine
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine country British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Awni Abd al-Hadi countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Zohar Manna countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Haj Amin al-Husseini activeIn Mandatory Palestine
Haj Amin al-Husseini citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Yitzhak Shamir immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Histadrut operatedDuring British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) territorialScope Mandatory Palestine
subject linked to: Resolution 181 (II)
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine appliesToJurisdiction Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine namedAfter Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Erich Mendelsohn countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Moshe Shapira (HaPoel HaMizrachi) historicalPeriod British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Saadia Kobashi politicalActivityLocation Mandatory Palestine
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration appliesToJurisdiction Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine pound countryOrRegionOfUse Mandatory Palestine
Palestine pound usedIn British-administered Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Post operatedInTerritory British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Police Force country Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Police Force operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Police Force historicalPeriod British Mandate period in Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Railways country Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Railways operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Railways ownedBy Government of Palestine (British Mandate)
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Airways country British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Airways operatedIn British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Airways historicalContext British Mandate period in Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Berl Katznelson placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Berl Katznelson countryOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Berl Katznelson citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Ramla partOf Mandatory Palestine (historical)
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Yehuda Leib Maimon countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
subject linked to: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon
Egyptian military administration locatedIn Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Aharon Zisling countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Mordechai Bentov countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Mordechai Bentov immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Rachel Cohen-Kagan countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Haim-Moshe Shapira countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Rafah refugee camp hasRefugeePopulationFrom former Mandatory Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Yitzhak Gruenbaum immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Zerach Warhaftig movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Rafah historicalControl British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine