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Also known as British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, British Palestine, Mandate Palestine, Mandate of Palestine, Mandatory of Palestine

League of Nations Mandate in the Middle East under British administration (1920–1948)

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Mandatory Palestine was a territory in the Middle East placed under British control by the League of Nations after World War I, lasting from 1920 to 1948. It matters because during this period, Jewish immigration increased significantly and political tensions grew between Jewish and Arab populations over land and representation, ultimately shaping the region's future.

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Today part ofIsrael Palestine

Mandatory Palestine, officially known as Palestine, was a British administrative territory between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine. From 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations, it was a mandated territory, administered by the British under the Mandate for Palestine.

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