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unusual facts about Mandate of Palestine



Near East Broadcasting Station

The Near East Broadcasting Station (also Sharq-el-Adna, Voice of Britain) started broadcasting in Arabic in 1941/1942 from Jaffa, Mandate of Palestine.


see also

Etzel

The common Israeli name for Irgun Tzvai-Leumi, or Irgun, an organization operating in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1931 to 1948.

Jarallah

Hussam ad-Din Jarallah (1884–1954), Sunni Muslim leader of the Palestinian people during the British Mandate of Palestine

Qatra

During its existence as a village in the British Mandate of Palestine it was referred to as Qatrat Islam to distinguish it from the Jewish settlement of Qatrat Yahud or Gedera, as it is called in Hebrew, established in the late 19th century.