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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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
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
containsCoast Mediterranean coast
containsLake Sea of Galilee
containsRegion Galilee
Judea
Negev desert
surface form: Negev

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

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

Haifa
Hebron
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Nablus
mandateConfirmedBy Council of the League of Nations
mandateConfirmedDate 1922
officialLanguage Arabic
English
Hebrew
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29
partitionPlanResolution United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
surface form: UN General Assembly Resolution 181
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Ottoman Empire
relatedConflict Arab–Israeli War of 1948
surface form: 1947–1949 Palestine war

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)
startDate 1920
successor All-Palestine Government
Kingdom of Jordan
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Israel
surface form: State of Israel

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New Zionist Organization country Mandatory Palestine
Revisionist Party country Mandatory Palestine
Revisionist Party foundedIn Mandatory Palestine
Lehi country Mandatory Palestine
Lehi opposedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British rule in Mandatory Palestine
Hazit HaAm newspaper countryOfPublication Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Hazit HaAm
Eliyahu Dobkin countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Irgun country Mandatory Palestine
Irgun activeIn Mandatory Palestine
Herzl Rosenblum movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Avraham Katznelson countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Zvi Luria workLocation Mandatory Palestine
Meir Vilner countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Meir Vilner immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Hannah Goslar movedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Yitzhak-Meir Levin immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Abba Ahimeir citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Abba Ahimeir activeIn Mandatory Palestine
Abraham Fraenkel countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
kibbutz movement developedDuring Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Kibbutz movement
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Vera Weizmann workLocation Mandatory Palestine
Felix Rosenblueth (Pinchas Rosen) residence Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Pinchas Rosen
Felix Rosenblueth (Pinchas Rosen) immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Pinchas Rosen
Arab Legion primaryTheaterOfOperations Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Palestine Symphony Orchestra country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Jewish Legion recruitmentArea Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Jewish Legion garrison Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
The Iron Wall countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
Samson the Nazarite countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
The Story of the Jewish Legion countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
Air Officer Commanding Palestine and Transjordan appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Air Officer Commanding Palestine and Transjordan location Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Royal Air Force mutiny of 1946 location Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
A. D. Gordon countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
A. D. Gordon immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Moshe Safdie countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
L’Aube settingContext Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Mughrabi Quarter country Mandatory Palestine
Flinders Petrie placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Ninth Army operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Ninth Army garrison Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Ninth Army locationHeadquarters Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Shimon Even countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Anders' Army relocatedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
3rd Carpathian Rifle Division formedInCountry Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine