Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Analysis of Britain's role in Palestine has proceeded on the assumption that Britain was lawfully in control of the territory. Analysts ...

The Balfour Declaration had been formally enshrined in the British Mandate for Palestine, which had been endorsed by the League of Nations. During the first half of the Mandate period, Britain ...

Jennifer Derr, University of California, Santa Cruz ‘Mandatory Madness is essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of Mandate Palestine and the history of the psy-sciences.

Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate for Palestine was canceled when authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years ...

II by Jayantha Somasundaram (First part of this article appeared In the early years of the Twentieth Century the Irish and ...

"It is possible,' he said, 'that one day I might, who knows, become a French official in Syria; but God forbid that I should ever be a British official in Palestine under the current Mandate." ...

Despite historical realities, Palestinians, with the support of Arab states, have succeeded in promoting the narrative that ...

who asked for a British mandate and a separate rule for Palestine. The Commission then traveled throughout the country, making an impartial and exhaustive inquiry, hearing deputations from almost ...

One of its main organisers was Mufti Haj Amin al-Hussaini, then mufti of Jerusalem and a leading opponent of Zionist settlement in the British Mandate of Palestine. Famous today for his stridently ...

During this period, Palestine was characterised by a Jewish minority and an Arab majority. The British Mandate for Palestine, which began in 1920, aimed at facilitating the establishment of a ...