British Mandate for Palestine

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The British Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations–sanctioned territorial administration under British control from the early 1920s to 1948, during which modern political boundaries and conditions leading to the creation of Israel and neighboring states were shaped.

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Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
former political entity
territorial administration
adminCenter Jerusalem
administeredBy United Kingdom
administeredByOffice High Commissioner for Palestine
airline Palestine Airways
approvedBy Council of the League of Nations
borderedBy Emirate of Transjordan
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
Kingdom of Egypt
linked to: Egypt

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
linked to: Saudi Arabia

Mediterranean Sea
cameIntoForce 1923-09-29
capital Jerusalem
contains Acre
Gaza
linked to: Gaza Strip

Haifa
Hebron
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Nablus
Nazareth
Tel Aviv
containsRegion Galilee
Judea
Negev
linked to: Negev desert

Samaria
createdBy San Remo Conference
currency Palestine pound
dateApproved 1922-07-24
demographicGroup Arab Palestinians
Christian communities
Jewish population
educationLanguagePolicy trilingual (Arabic, Hebrew, English)
endDate 1948-05-15
endEvent Israeli Declaration of Independence
termination of British rule in Palestine
firstHighCommissioner Herbert Samuel
flag Flag of Mandatory Palestine
linked to: Flag of Palestine
followedBy Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
State of Israel
linked to: Israel
lastHighCommissioner Alan Cunningham
legalBasis Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations
legalInstrument Mandate for Palestine document
legalSystem mixed Ottoman, British, and local law
obligation establish a national home for the Jewish people
safeguard the civil and religious rights of all inhabitants of Palestine
officialLanguage Arabic
English
Hebrew
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29
partitionPlanResolutionNumber UN General Assembly Resolution 181
linked to: Resolution 181 (II)
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
partOf Middle East
postalAuthority Palestine Post
precededBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Ottoman Empire rule in Palestine
railwayOperator Palestine Railways
relatedDocument Balfour Declaration
relatedTo 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Arab–Jewish conflict in Mandatory Palestine
Palestinian national movement
creation of the State of Israel
formation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
sanctionedBy League of Nations
securityForce Palestine Police Force
startDate 1920-04-25
vehicleRegistrationCode P

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creationOfStateOfIsrael tookPlaceIn Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
creationOfStateOfIsrael predecessorEntity British Mandate for Palestine
creationOfStateOfIsrael endedPoliticalEntity British Mandate for Palestine
Tiberias partOf British Mandate of Palestine (historically)
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
British Empire hasPart British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Palestinian American hasMigrationHistoryFrom historic Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Sirhan Sirhan countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
David Ben-Gurion citizenship Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Palestinian hasHistoricalRegion Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Israel independenceFrom British Mandate for Palestine
Arab Higher Committee country Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Arab Higher Committee appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
David Ben-Gurion countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine proposedDivisionOf British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine country Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine legalBasis League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine collaboratedWith British Mandatory authorities in Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish People’s Council country Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish People’s Council operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish People’s Council declaredIndependenceFrom British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish People’s Council timePeriod British Mandate period
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Moetzet HaAm country Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Revisionist Zionism countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Revisionist Zionism historicalPeriod British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Asia (colonial possessions) includes British Palestine Mandate
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Asia (colonial possessions) includes British Transjordan Mandate
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Balfour Declaration influenced British Mandate for Palestine
Balfour Declaration incorporatedInto League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Balfour Declaration relatedTo British Mandate for Palestine
Balfour Declaration followedBy League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Practical Zionism historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
Ahad Ha'am placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Lydda underRuleOf British Mandate of Palestine
subject linked to: Lydda (modern Lod, Israel)
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Yitzhak Rabin placeOfBirth British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Ze'ev Jabotinsky countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Tverya hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate period
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Holy Land historicalControlBy British Mandate for Palestine
Al-Khalil hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate period
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Dawn settingLocation British Mandate of Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Dawn subject British rule in Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 conflictIn Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 precededBy British Mandate for Palestine
Jewish Quarter of the Old City hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance British Mandate period
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Edward Said countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
David Grün countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Mapai operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Haganah country Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine
Haganah locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
linked to: British Mandate for Palestine