British Mandate for Palestine

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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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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

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Yishuv underJurisdictionOf British Mandate for Palestine
Hish activeDuring British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate for Palestine period
Malcolm MacDonald influencedPolicyOn British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine Mandate
historic Palestine nameUsedIn British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Supreme Muslim Council historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine) historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
subject surface form: Anglo-Palestine Bank
All-Palestine Government precededBy British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate for Palestine (administration)
Mandatory Palestine legalBasis British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
George Antonius employer British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate administration in Palestine
Halhul hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine legalBasis British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Peel Commission inquiry legalBasis British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Peel Commission inquiry topic British Mandate for Palestine
Peel Commission partition proposal legalContext British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Peel Commission partition proposal governingAuthorityAtTime British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate administration
1939 White Paper on Palestine relatedTo British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Ascension of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate in Palestine
Rivlin family historicalPresence British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
al-Khalidi family of Jerusalem timePeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Bilad al-Sham@ar predecessorOf British Mandate for Palestine
subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham
1920 Nebi Musa riots temporalContext British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Jamal al-Husseini activeDuring British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Lydda Airport historicalEra British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Occupied Enemy Territory South followedBy British Mandate for Palestine
Palestine Currency Board appliesToPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Saint-Jean-d’Acre hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Saint-Jean-d’Acre governedBy British Mandate for Palestine
עַכּוֹ hasSignificantPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line historicalEra British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Haifa East railway station historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
Lydda railway junction historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Lydda–Beirut historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Palestine Post Office operationalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Palestine Post Office historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in the Middle East
San Remo Resolution on Palestine createdMandate British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: Mandate for Palestine
San Remo Resolution on Palestine legalBasisFor British Mandate for Palestine
San Remo Resolution on Palestine influencedInstrument British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Lydda–Alexandria locatedInTime British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Ramla Subdistrict (British Mandate period) historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Ramla Subdistrict (British Mandate period) partOf British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
Jewish National Council timePeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Nahalal foundedDuring British Mandate for Palestine
Assembly of Representatives historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
Jaffa Port historicalEra British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Brit HaBirionim historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
Doar HaYom historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine period
Hazit HaAm historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
Southern Palestine historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Southern Palestine wasAdministeredBy British Mandate for Palestine