1st British Census of Palestine

The Collective Responsibility for Crime Ordinance allows Mandate authorities to hold entire villages or tribes responsible for crimes committed by “persons unknown” and thus to impose collective fines...

At a time when the Palestinian delegation in London makes its case against the Balfour Declaration, Winston Churchill, then-Secretary of State for the Colonies, publishes a White Paper detailing the...

The Palestinian delegation, which has stayed in London since July 1921 to defend Palestinian rights, rejects Churchill White Paper (1922) (3 June) and the draft of the Mandate administration over...

The Council of the League of Nations confirms Britain ’s mandate over Palestine.

Considered as a Constitution for Palestine, the Palestine Order in Council is signed by the King "on the adivce of his Privy Council." It defines the powers of the Executive (the High Commissioner)...

An exchange of notes constituting an agreement between Britain and France as Mandatory powers over Palestine and Syria, respectively, traces on the spot the boundary line between the two territories...

The Palestinian National Congress states its rejection of the Advisory Council (which the British High Commissioner had attempted to revive in view of his failure to form a Legislative Council) and...

The announcement comes as the party (Jewish) leaders declare their acceptance of the conditions set by the Communist International (Comintern): to change its name from Socialist Workers Party (a...

Under the Treaty of Lausanne, the Republic of Turkey, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is officially recognized as the successor state to the Ottoman Empire.

As France and Italy notify the Council of the League of Nations that they have reached a final agreement in regard to the mandate for Syria, the council notes that the mandates for Palestine and Syria...