Pre-State Israel: The British Palestine Mandate

Reference

• History & Overview
  • Text of the Mandate
• Report on the Mandate to the League of Nations (1936)
• Timeline of British Rule in Palestine
• The British Mandate Prepares for War

Living Under the Mandate

• The Arab Community
• British White Papers
• The Jewish Community
• The British Prison for Women in Bethlehem
• Restrictions on Jewish Immigratio
• The Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine

Commissions & Reports

• San Remo Conference (1920)
• Shaw Commission (1930)
  • Hope-Simpson Report
• Peel Commission (1937)
  • Peel Commission Report
• St. James Conference (1939)
• Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (1946)
  • Report of the Anglo-American Committee

War & Fighting

• Jewish Defense Organizations
• Deportations of Jewish Fighters to Africa
• King David Hotel Bombing (1946)
• Stockade & Tower