Jewish Agency for Palestine

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Jewish national institution Zionist organization pre-state institution

The Jewish Agency for Palestine was a pre-state Zionist organization that played a central role in organizing Jewish immigration, settlement, and political leadership that laid the groundwork for the establishment of the State of Israel.

Aliases (7)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish national institution → Zionist organization → pre-state institution →
affiliatedWith	Haganah → Histadrut → Jewish National Fund → Yishuv →
alsoKnownAs	Jewish Agency → Sochnut →
chairperson	Chaim Weizmann → David Ben-Gurion →
collaboratedWith	British Mandatory authorities in Palestine →
country	Mandatory Palestine →
dissolved	1948 → after establishment of the State of Israel →
founded	1929 →
foundedAtLocation	Switzerland → Zurich →
headquartersLocation	Jerusalem → King George Street, Jerusalem →
historicalSignificance	laid groundwork for the establishment of the State of Israel → served as de facto government of the Jewish community in Palestine before 1948 →
legalBasis	Article 4 of the Mandate for Palestine → League of Nations Mandate for Palestine →
mainActivity	education and cultural development in the Yishuv → establishing agricultural settlements → fundraising from Jewish communities abroad → managing Aliyah (Jewish immigration) → supporting defense and security structures of the Yishuv →
notableLeader	Berl Katznelson → Chaim Weizmann → David Ben-Gurion → Eliezer Kaplan → Moshe Sharett →
operatedIn	Land of Israel → Mandatory Palestine →
parentOrganization	World Zionist Organization →
predecessor	World Zionist Organization →
purpose	coordinating Zionist political activity → facilitating Jewish land purchase and settlement in Palestine → organizing Jewish immigration to Palestine → preparing the institutions of a future Jewish state → representing the Jewish community of Palestine before the British Mandatory authorities →
represented	Jewish people in international forums regarding Palestine →
role	central body of the Yishuv’s political leadership → executive arm of the Zionist movement in Palestine → partner of the British Mandatory government in implementing the Mandate → quasi-government of the Yishuv →
successor	Government of Israel → Jewish Agency for Israel →
workedOn	implementation of the Balfour Declaration →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Ben-Gurion ("Jewish Agency Executive") → Eliyahu Dobkin → Eliyahu Dobkin ("Jewish Agency for Israel") → Golda Meir ("Jewish Agency Executive") → Haim-Moshe Shapira ("Jewish Agency Executive") → Moshe Sharett → Yehuda Leib Fishman (Maimon) ("Jewish Agency") → Yitzhak Gruenbaum ("Jewish Agency Executive") →	memberOf
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) → United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine →	acceptedBy
Eliezer Kaplan ("Jewish Agency for Israel") → Keren Hayesod ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	affiliation
Jewish Agency for Palestine ("Yishuv") →	affiliatedWith
Haganah →	alliedWith
Jewish Agency for Palestine ("Jewish Agency") →	alsoKnownAs
World Zionist Congress ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Jewish People’s Council →	associatedWith
World Zionist Organization ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	cooperatesWith
Sochnut →	foundedAs
World Zionist Organization ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	hasAffiliation
Sochnut ("The Jewish Agency for Israel") →	hasEnglishName
Sochnut ("הסוכנות היהודית") →	hasHebrewName
Zionism ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	hasOrganization
Zionist organizations ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	include
Irgun ("Jewish Agency leadership") →	opposedBy
Moetzet HaAm →	parentOrganization
Moetzet HaAm ("Yishuv") →	partOf
Haganah →	recognizedBy
moshav movement ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	relatedTo
Jewish People’s Council ("Yishuv") →	religiousCommunityRepresented
Sochnut ("Jewish Agency") →	shortName
Jewish Agency for Palestine ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	successor
creationOfStateOfIsrael →	supportedBy
Keren Hayesod ("Jewish Agency for Israel") →	worksWith