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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Vaad Leumi timePeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Tel Aviv Airport usedDuring British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Akkō historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period
Asia Minor Agreement influenced British Mandate for Palestine
Hussein–McMahon Correspondence relatedTo British Mandate for Palestine
al-Eizariya hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period