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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First Assembly of Representatives country Mandatory Palestine
First Assembly of Representatives historicalPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate for Palestine era
Vaad Leumi country Mandatory Palestine
Vaad Leumi operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Ron Huldai countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Aharon Barak immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Dov Hoz countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
Dov Hoz historicalPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
Avraham Stern deathPlace Mandatory Palestine
Avraham Stern opposedTo Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British rule in Mandatory Palestine
Avraham Stern activeIn Mandatory Palestine
Benzion Mileikowsky countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Abba Shaul Geisinovich citizenship Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Abba Ahimeir
Abba Shaul Geisinovich residence Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Abba Ahimeir
Abba Shaul Geisinovich immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Abba Ahimeir
Abba Shaul Geisinovich activityRegion Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Abba Ahimeir
Yitzhak Navon countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Kibbutz Artzi countryOfOrigin Mandatory Palestine
Kibbutz Artzi operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet region Mandatory Palestine
Ted Arison countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Meir Yaari countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine