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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Mahmoud Darwish countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Arnold Zweig residence Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Jewish National Council country Mandatory Palestine
Jewish National Council operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
HaRambam VeHashkafato countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Regiment garrison Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Regiment recruitedFrom Mandatory Palestine
Benjamin Mazar movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Technikum locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Assembly of Representatives country Mandatory Palestine
General Zionists country Mandatory Palestine
General Zionists timePeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine era
Amos Oz countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Émile Habibi birthPlace Mandatory Palestine
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Lohamei Herut Israel country Mandatory Palestine
Lohamei Herut Israel operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Nathan Yellin-Mor countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
Nathan Yellin-Mor activeInPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Ahimeir countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Abba Ahimeir
From the Notebook of a Fascist countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
From the Notebook of a Fascist historicalContext Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Brit HaBirionim country Mandatory Palestine
Doar HaYom countryOfPublication Mandatory Palestine
Hazit HaAm country Mandatory Palestine
Hazit HaAm publicationPlace Mandatory Palestine
Joseph Trumpeldor countryOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Betar historicalPeriodOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Stern Gang country Mandatory Palestine
Stern Gang operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Fighters for the Freedom of Israel country Mandatory Palestine
Fighters for the Freedom of Israel operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Israel Eldad countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Lehi Museum in Tel Aviv focusesOnPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Etzel country Mandatory Palestine
Etzel operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
National Military Organization operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
David Raziel citizenship Mandatory Palestine
David Raziel countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
King David Hotel bombing location Mandatory Palestine
King David Hotel bombing countryAtTheTime Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Acre Prison break locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Acre Prison break countryAtTheTime Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Yaakov Meridor activeIn Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Yaakov Meridor residence Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine (British Mandate)