British occupation of Palestine (1917–1948)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_occupation_of_Palestine_(1917–1948)

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:British_Mandate_for_Palestine
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine Arab–Jewish conflict in Palestine
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Palestine_pound
gptkbp:dissolved	Termination of the British Mandate for Palestine
gptkbp:endDate	1948
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:1948_Arab–Israeli_War
gptkbp:governingDocument	Palestine Order in Council 1922
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British occupation of Palestine (1917–1948)
gptkbp:legalBasis	League of Nations mandate
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Palestine
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Alan_Cunningham gptkb:Herbert_Samuel gptkb:High_Commissioner_for_Palestine
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Hebrew English
gptkbp:populationCensusYear	1922 census of Palestine 1931 census of Palestine
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Ottoman_rule_in_Palestine
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:1947–1948_civil_war_in_Mandatory_Palestine gptkb:Deir_Yassin_massacre gptkb:Exodus_1947 gptkb:King_David_Hotel_bombing gptkb:Peel_Commission
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Haganah gptkb:Irgun gptkb:Grand_Mufti_of_Jerusalem gptkb:Palestine_Police_Force gptkb:Arab_Higher_Committee gptkb:Jewish_Agency_for_Palestine gptkb:Lehi_(Stern_Gang)
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:1948_Palestinian_exodus_(Nakba) establishment of the State of Israel division of Palestine between Israel, Jordan, and Egypt
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:UN_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine gptkb:White_Paper_of_1939 gptkb:Balfour_Declaration gptkb:Arab_revolt_in_Palestine_(1936–1939)
gptkbp:startDate	1917
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_occupation_authorities
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7