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
British Mandate of Palestine	17
League of Nations Mandate for Palestine	13
British Mandate administration in Palestine	4
British Mandate in Palestine	2
Allied occupation of Palestine	1
British Mandate administration	1
British Mandate authorities	1
British Mandate era	1
British Mandate for Palestine (administration)	1
British Mandate for Palestine period	1
British Mandate of Palestine (historically)	1
British Mandate period in the Middle East	1
British Mandatory authorities in Palestine	1
British Palestine Mandate	1
British Transjordan Mandate	1
British military occupation of Palestine	1
British rule in Palestine	1
Mandate for Palestine	1
Mandatory Palestine period	1
Palestine Mandate	1
United Kingdom over Palestine	1
historic Palestine	1

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.

Haganah → operatedIn → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine

Haganah → opposedBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate authorities

Haganah → activeDuring → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Palestinian national movement → emergedInContextOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Menachem Ussishkin → placeOfDeath → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine

Menachem Ussishkin → countryOfCitizenship → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine

Paula Ben-Gurion → associatedWithPlace → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Golda Meir → immigratedTo → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine

Itzhak Perlman → countryOfBirth → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine

Palestinian Jews → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine

Palestinian Jews → historicalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Jenin → wasUnderRuleOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Gaza City → wasPartOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Question of Palestine → originatedInContextOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Emil Ghuri → workPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Emil Ghuri → historicalContext → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Awni Abd al-Hadi → opposedTo → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate in Palestine

Israeli Chief Rabbinate → establishedInPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate era

Ottoman Palestine → followedBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Ottoman Palestine → endCause → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British military occupation of Palestine

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → replacedBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip → followed → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip → precededBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Palestine pound → countryOrRegionOfUse → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Palestine pound → historicalEra → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Acre → wasImportantInPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

San Remo Conference → assignedMandateTo → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom over Palestine

Palestine Post → country → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Palestine Police Force → legalBasis → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine

Palestine Railways → operatorDuring → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Provisional Government of Israel → replaces → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate administration in Palestine

Sarona → hasHistoricalEra → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Jaffa → hasHistoricalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Revisionist Party → activeInPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Tulkarm → hasHistoricalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Sinai and Palestine campaign → result → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Palestine

High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan → partOf → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan → legalBasis → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine

High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Palestine Symphony Orchestra → politicalContext → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate administration in Palestine

Akko → historicalPeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces → includedMandate → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Status Quo of the Holy Places → continuedUnder → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Ottoman Syria → followedBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

War of Independence → precededBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine → timePeriod → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Four Sephardic Synagogues → periodOfUse → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Daniel Auster → era → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Hapoel Hatzair → activeDuring → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate period

Mapai-led coalition governments → precededBy → British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Mandate administration in Palestine