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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Daniel Kahneman (honorary doctorate, not student) countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Daniel Kahneman
Folke Bernadotte deathTerritory Mandatory Palestine
George Habash placeOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Meir immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Golda Meir
Kibbutz Merhavia laterIn Mandatory Palestine
Salah Khalaf birthPlace Mandatory Palestine
Khalil al-Wazir countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Battle of Latrun country Mandatory Palestine
British colonial intelligence appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Palestine
Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine) country Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Anglo-Palestine Bank
Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine) operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Anglo-Palestine Bank
Uri Geller countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Immanuel Velikovsky citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Battle of Megiddo (1918) location Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
The Arab Awakening discusses Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine under the British Mandate
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Rafael Eitan placeOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Zina Dizengoff countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Rishon LeZion, Israel countrySubdivision Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Rishon LeZion
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine (historical)
Ibrahim Tuqan citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Jerusalem British War Cemetery regionServed Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Dan Shechtman countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Zionist Executive country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Jiří Langer countryOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Arab general strike of 1936 location Mandatory Palestine
Arab general strike of 1936 country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Peel Commission inquiry location Mandatory Palestine
Peel Commission inquiry appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
1939 White Paper on Palestine appliesTo Mandatory Palestine
Hugh Foot workLocation Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Aharon Katzir migratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Jacob Israël de Haan killedIn Mandatory Palestine
German Jews diasporaTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Ernst David Bergmann movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Amir Pnueli birthCountry Mandatory Palestine
Marie-Joseph Lagrange countryOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem hasHistoricalContext Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
1920 Nebi Musa riots country Mandatory Palestine
Chaim Topol placeOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Hevrat Ovdim operatingArea Mandatory Palestine
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Theodore Bikel movedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
HeHalutz destinationOfAliyah Mandatory Palestine
Lydda Airport country Mandatory Palestine