The British promised both Palestinians and Jews and independent homeland in the same part of its Middle Eastern empire, leading both groups to feel that they had a legal right to the territory.
The British promised both Palestinians and Jews and independent homeland in the same part of its Middle Eastern empire, leading both groups to feel that they had a legal right to the territory.
The British limited Jewish immigration to Palestine in exchange for Arab oil resources.
The British Mandate of Palestine.
In 1944, Israel/Palestine was under British sovereignty as the British Mandate for Palestine.
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Which statement best describes British-American relations after the French and Indian War?
The name is British Mandate of Palestine.
No, Palestine was under British control, not German.
1948
Yes they did.
The British ruled the regions would become Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine as Mandates. From 1919-1921 the only two British Mandates in the Middle East were those of Iraq and Palestine. In 1922, the Mandate of Palestine was divided into the Mandate of Palestine and the Mandate of Transjordan.
The final British soldiers withdrew from Palestine on May 13, 1948.