All-Palestine Government

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The All-Palestine Government was a short-lived Palestinian Arab government-in-exile proclaimed in 1948 under Egyptian patronage, intended to assert Palestinian sovereignty in the wake of the British Mandate’s end and the creation of Israel.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian Arab government
government-in-exile
short-lived state-like entity
capital Gaza City
surface form: Gaza
conflict Arab–Israeli War of 1948
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War
country State of Palestine
surface form: Palestine
dateOfProclamation 1948-09-22
declaredIn Gaza City
deFactoControl Gaza Strip
surface form: Gaza Strip (limited)
dissolved 1959
dissolvedBy United Arab Republic
endTime 1959
ethnicMajorityClaimed Palestinian
surface form: Palestinian Arabs
exiledTo Cairo
followedBy direct Egyptian administration of Gaza Strip
governmentType nominal parliamentary government-in-exile
headOfGovernment Ahmed Hilmi Abd al-Baqi
headOfState Haj Amin al-Husseini
surface form: Amin al-Husseini
ideology Arab nationalism
Palestinian nationalism
laterSeat Cairo
legislativeBody Palestinian National Council
surface form: Palestinian National Council (1948)
notRecognizedBy Israel
Transjordan
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
officialLanguage Arabic
operatedFrom Gaza Strip
parentOrganization Arab Higher Committee
precededBy British Mandate for Palestine
surface form: British Mandate for Palestine (administration)
president Haj Amin al-Husseini
surface form: Amin al-Husseini
primeMinister Ahmed Hilmi Abd al-Baqi
proclaimedBy Arab League
proclaimedUnderPatronageOf Egypt
purpose assert Palestinian sovereignty after end of British Mandate
oppose creation of the State of Israel
recognizedBy Arab League member states (except Transjordan)
Egypt
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
region Middle East
religion Islam
startTime 1948
status largely symbolic authority
territorialClaim all of Mandatory Palestine
yearFounded 1948

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaza City wasPartOf All-Palestine Government
Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip includedInstitution All-Palestine Government
this entity surface form: All-Palestine Government (nominal)
Egyptian military administration neighboringEntity All-Palestine Government
Arab Liberation Army relatedTo All-Palestine Government
Mandatory Palestine successor All-Palestine Government
Egyptian Governor-General of Gaza appliesToJurisdiction All-Palestine Government
this entity surface form: All-Palestine Protectorate