History As It Happens: The British mandate The British army dynamites stone houses in an Arab town in northern Mandatory Palestine in reprisal for rebel activities, Jan. 9, 1939.

The Spore Initiative views the Palestinian struggle as part of a pattern of global extraction. BERLIN — “As we gather here, Gaza is enduring what human rights organizations and [United Nations] ...

The Government of Palestine made a grant-in-aid of nearly £E.10,000 to the schools of the Jewish Agency for the year 1926-27.

The area of the former British Mandate of Palestine has been a scene of conflict for more than a century. One of the largest conflicts began in 1936 while under British imperial administration.

PALESTINE (British Mandate) In the Promised Land Balfour. On Nov. 2, 1917, Mr. Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, issued a declaration on behalf of his Government: "His Majesty's ...

ABSTRACT During the Arab Revolt in Mandate Palestine (1936–1939), the British army constructed numerous “picquets,” small field fortifications, within or nearby Arab villages. The soldiers and police ...

British lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, ...

On Aug. 24, 1929, 3,000 Muslim men with swords, axes and daggers went from house to house in the Jewish Quarter of Hebron in the British-controlled Palestine Mandate. Shouting “Palestine is ours ...

It’s late April 1948, in Haifa, northern Palestine. After more than 25 years, British officers are leaving their "mandate" over the territory and have set a withdrawal date: 15 May. The exit is ...

Palestine and the mandate system The British army entered Palestine in late 1917 and occupied the whole country the following year.