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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Jewish Brigade recruitmentArea Mandatory Palestine
Jewish Brigade garrison Mandatory Palestine
Lithuanian Jewry diasporaDestination Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
War of Independence location Mandatory Palestine
Palestinian Nakba location Mandatory Palestine
Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Arab Liberation Army activeIn Mandatory Palestine
siege of Jerusalem country Mandatory Palestine
Deir Yassin massacre country Mandatory Palestine
Deir Yassin massacre timePeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
Lydda and Ramle exodus country Mandatory Palestine
Mordechai Namir immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Ehud Barak countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Abdullah Azzam countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Daniel Auster countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Ariel Sharon birthPlace Mandatory Palestine
Ahdut HaAvoda operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Ahdut HaAvoda foundedIn Mandatory Palestine
Hapoel Hatzair country Mandatory Palestine
Pinhas Sapir immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Yishuv country Mandatory Palestine
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine hasLocation Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palmach country Mandatory Palestine
Palmach operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Palmach foundedIn Mandatory Palestine
Special Night Squads operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Hish country Mandatory Palestine
Hish operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Jewish Settlement Police country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Jewish Settlement Police operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Reshimat Poalei Yisrael regionOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine and Israel
Ahdut HaAvoda (historical party) country Mandatory Palestine
Ahdut HaAvoda (historical party) foundedIn Mandatory Palestine
Aliyah Bet hasMainLocation Mandatory Palestine
Pinhas Lavon countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Zalman Shazar immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Supreme Muslim Council country Mandatory Palestine
Supreme Muslim Council appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
Leila Khaled countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Ghassan Kanafani placeOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Independence Hall locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Independence Hall (Tel Aviv)
Yisrael Galili countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Operation Yiftach location Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Nabil Shaath countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Otto Liman von Sanders placeOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Golda Mabovitch immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Ussishkin countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Menachem Ussishkin
Operation Dekel country Mandatory Palestine