Mandatory Palestine

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Mandatory Palestine was a British-administered territory in the Middle East from 1920 to 1948, established under a League of Nations mandate and encompassing the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
former British-administered territory
administeredBy United Kingdom
administrativeDivision districts
borderedBy Egypt
Lebanon
Mediterranean Sea
Syria
Transjordan
capital Jerusalem
colonialPower United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
containsCoast Mediterranean coast
containsLake Sea of Galilee
containsRegion Galilee
Judea
Negev desert
surface form: Negev

Samaria
containsRiver Jordan River
containsSea Dead Sea
continent Asia
countryType mandated territory
currency Palestine pound
demographicGroup Palestinian
surface form: Arab Palestinians

Christian communities
Jewish population
endDate 1948
endEvent termination of British Mandate
endEventDate 1948-05-14
establishedBy League of Nations
governingBody British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate authorities
highCommissioner Alan Cunningham
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Harold MacMichael
Herbert Samuel
includedTerritoryUntil1921 Transjordan
legalBasis British Mandate for Palestine
surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
locatedIn Middle East
majorCity Acre
Gaza Strip
surface form: Gaza

Haifa
Hebron
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Nablus
mandateConfirmedBy Council of the League of Nations
mandateConfirmedDate 1922
officialLanguage Arabic
English
Hebrew
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29
partitionPlanResolution United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
surface form: UN General Assembly Resolution 181
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Ottoman Empire
relatedConflict Arab–Israeli War of 1948
surface form: 1947–1949 Palestine war

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)
startDate 1920
successor All-Palestine Government
Kingdom of Jordan
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Israel
surface form: State of Israel

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Manchester Regiment servedInTheatre Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Meir Dizengoff citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Meir Dizengoff placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Meir Dizengoff countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Beersheba wasImportantInPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Emil Ghuri countryOfActivity Mandatory Palestine
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine location Mandatory Palestine
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Awni Abd al-Hadi countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Zohar Manna countryOfBirth Mandatory Palestine
Haj Amin al-Husseini activeIn Mandatory Palestine
Haj Amin al-Husseini citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Yitzhak Shamir immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Histadrut operatedDuring Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Resolution 181 (II) territorialScope Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine namedAfter Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Erich Mendelsohn countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Moshe Shapira (HaPoel HaMizrachi) historicalPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Saadia Kobashi politicalActivityLocation Mandatory Palestine
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Palestine pound countryOrRegionOfUse Mandatory Palestine
Palestine pound usedIn Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British-administered Palestine
Palestine Post operatedInTerritory Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Police Force country Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Police Force operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Police Force historicalPeriod Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
Palestine Railways country Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Railways operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Railways ownedBy Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Government of Palestine (British Mandate)
Palestine Airways country Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Airways operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Airways historicalContext Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
Berl Katznelson placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Berl Katznelson countryOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Berl Katznelson citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Ramla partOf Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine (historical)
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form: Yehuda Leib Maimon
Egyptian military administration locatedIn Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: Palestine
Aharon Zisling countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Mordechai Bentov countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Mordechai Bentov immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Rachel Cohen-Kagan countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Haim-Moshe Shapira countryOfCitizenship Mandatory Palestine
Rafah refugee camp hasRefugeePopulationFrom Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: former Mandatory Palestine
Yitzhak Gruenbaum immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine
Zerach Warhaftig movedTo Mandatory Palestine
Rafah historicalControl Mandatory Palestine
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine