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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Yitzhak Yezernitsky immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Mendelsohn workLocation Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Erich Mendelsohn
this entity surface form: Palestine
Moshe Shertok countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Anders Army evacuatedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
HaPoel HaMizrachi operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Occupied Enemy Territory South appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force theatreOfOperations Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Jericho Conference hasCountryAtTime Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Currency Board country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Currency Board operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Currency Board jurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Lydda partOf Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Supernumerary Police country Mandatory Palestine
Supernumerary Police operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line country Mandatory Palestine
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Lydda railway junction locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Lydda railway junction country Mandatory Palestine
Lydda railway junction servedRegion Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Lydda–Beirut countryAtTimeOfOperation_origin Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Post Office countryServed Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Post Office operatedInTerritory Mandatory Palestine
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line country Mandatory Palestine
Lydda–Alexandria countryServed Mandatory Palestine
Aharon David Gordon residence Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Davar country Mandatory Palestine
Lydda–Cyprus usedDuring Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine period
Lydda–Cyprus historicalTerritoryOfDeparture Mandatory Palestine
Lydda–Baghdad historicalLocationOfLydda Mandatory Palestine
Lydda–Baghdad regionServed Mandatory Palestine
Morris Meyerson movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Haya Harareet countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
No. 208 Squadron RAF theatreOfOperations Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Hittin underRule Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Pinhas Rosen immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Jabal Druze State hasBorderWith Mandatory Palestine
Ein Hod locatedInHistoricalRegion Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine (historical context)
Menahem Golan placeOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Peretz Naftali immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Aaron Ciechanover birthCountry Mandatory Palestine
Berl countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Berl Katznelson
German Templer Society placeOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Templer agricultural colony continuedDuring Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Gottlieb Schumacher placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Abraham Isaac Kook deathPlace Mandatory Palestine
Abraham Isaac Kook countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Hapoel HaMizrachi country Mandatory Palestine
Hapoel HaMizrachi foundedIn Mandatory Palestine