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unusual facts about British Mandate for Palestine



Avishai Margalit

Avishai Margalit (hebr. ‏אבישי מרגלית, b. 1939 in Afula, British Mandate for Palestine, today Israel), is an Israeli George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Bank Leumi

The main branch of Bank Leumi on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, built during the British Mandate by the German Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn, has been declared a landmark building.

Operation Ben-Ami

Operation Ben Ami was one of the last operations launched by the Haganah before the end of the British Mandate.


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Hatzor Airbase

On 15 March 1948, as the British Mandate for Palestine drew to a close, the RAF evacuated the airfield and it was taken over by Haganah forces.

Palestinian Police

Palestine Police Force, the British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine