Mandatory Palestine.
League of Nations Mandate in the Middle East under British administration (1920–1948)
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In 1946, Irgun terrorists dynamited the King David Hotel in pre-state British Palestine. The horrific carnage that claimed nearly 100 lives would one day be described this way: “In that split second after 12:37, 13 of…
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About Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine, officially known as Palestine, was a British administrative territory between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine. The mandate provided a framework for the development of representative institutions and eventual self-government. From 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations, it was a mandated territory, administered by the British under the Mandate for Palestine. The British High Commissioner under the Colonial Office led Mandatory Palestine.
Everything about Mandatory Palestine →- Country
- British Empire
- Inception
- July 1, 1920