British Mandate for Palestine

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League of Nations mandate former political entity territorial administration

The British Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations–sanctioned territorial administration under British control from the early 1920s to 1948, during which modern political boundaries and conditions leading to the creation of Israel and neighboring states were shaped.

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All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
British Mandate for Palestine canonical 38
British Mandate period 37
Mandatory Palestine 27

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
former political entity ⓘ
territorial administration ⓘ
adminCenter Jerusalem ⓘ
administeredBy United Kingdom ⓘ
administeredByOffice High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
surface form: High Commissioner for Palestine
airline Palestine Airways ⓘ
approvedBy Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
borderedBy Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Emirate of Transjordan

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Egypt

Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1923-09-29 ⓘ
capital Jerusalem ⓘ
contains Acre ⓘ
Gaza Strip ⓘ
surface form: Gaza

Haifa ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Nablus ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ
Tel Aviv ⓘ
containsRegion Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Negev desert ⓘ
surface form: Negev

Samaria ⓘ
createdBy San Remo Conference ⓘ
currency Palestine pound ⓘ
dateApproved 1922-07-24 ⓘ
demographicGroup Arab Palestinians ⓘ
Christian communities ⓘ
Jewish population ⓘ
educationLanguagePolicy trilingual (Arabic, Hebrew, English) ⓘ
endDate 1948-05-15 ⓘ
endEvent Israeli Declaration of Independence ⓘ
termination of British rule in Palestine ⓘ
firstHighCommissioner Herbert Samuel ⓘ
flag Flag of Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Flag of Mandatory Palestine
followedBy Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip ⓘ
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
lastHighCommissioner Alan Cunningham ⓘ
legalBasis Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
surface form: Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations
legalInstrument Mandate for Palestine document ⓘ
legalSystem mixed Ottoman, British, and local law ⓘ
obligation establish a national home for the Jewish people ⓘ
safeguard the civil and religious rights of all inhabitants of Palestine ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29 ⓘ
partitionPlanResolutionNumber Resolution 181 (II) ⓘ
surface form: UN General Assembly Resolution 181
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ
partOf Middle East ⓘ
postalAuthority Palestine Post ⓘ
precededBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration ⓘ
Ottoman Empire rule in Palestine ⓘ
railwayOperator Palestine Railways ⓘ
relatedDocument Balfour Declaration ⓘ
relatedTo Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
surface form: Arab–Jewish conflict in Mandatory Palestine

Palestinian national movement ⓘ
creation of the State of Israel ⓘ
formation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
sanctionedBy League of Nations ⓘ
securityForce Palestine Police Force ⓘ
startDate 1920-04-25 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode P ⓘ

Referenced by (156)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

creationOfStateOfIsrael → tookPlaceIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
creationOfStateOfIsrael → predecessorEntity → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
creationOfStateOfIsrael → endedPoliticalEntity → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Tiberias → partOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine (historically)
British Empire → hasPart → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestinian American → hasMigrationHistoryFrom → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Palestine
Sirhan Sirhan → countryOfBirth → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel → citizenship → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
subject surface form: David Ben-Gurion
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Palestinian → hasHistoricalRegion → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Israel → independenceFrom → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Arab Higher Committee → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Arab Higher Committee → appliesToJurisdiction → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
David Ben-Gurion → countryOfCitizenship → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine → proposedDivisionOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine → recommendedTerminationOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Jewish Agency for Palestine → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine → operatedIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine → legalBasis → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Jewish Agency for Palestine → collaboratedWith → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandatory authorities in Palestine
Jewish People’s Council → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Jewish People’s Council → operatedIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Jewish People’s Council → declaredIndependenceFrom → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Jewish People’s Council → timePeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Moetzet HaAm → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Revisionist Zionism → countryOfOrigin → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Revisionist Zionism → historicalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Palestine Mandate
Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Transjordan Mandate
Balfour Declaration → influenced → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Balfour Declaration → incorporatedInto → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Balfour Declaration → relatedTo → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Balfour Declaration → followedBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Practical Zionism → historicalContext → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Ahad Ha'am → placeOfDeath → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → underRuleOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydda
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Yitzhak Rabin → placeOfBirth → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Ze'ev Jabotinsky → countryOfCitizenship → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Tverya → hasHistoricalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Holy Land → historicalControlBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Al-Khalil → hasHistoricalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Dawn → settingLocation → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Dawn → subject → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British rule in Palestine
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 → conflictIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 → precededBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Jewish Quarter of the Old City → hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Edward Said → countryOfBirth → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
David Grün → countryOfCitizenship → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Mapai → operatedIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Haganah → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine
Haganah → locatedIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine