Talk:Mandatory Palestine
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Q1: Why doesn't this article include Transjordan in its scope? Why isn't Transjordan shown as part of Mandatory Palestine on the map?
A1: This article is about the British administrative unit in Palestine. There is a separate article covering the entity of the Emirate of Transjordan, and the Mandate legal instrument which acted as the constitution for both of these administrations. Q2: What was the status of Transjordan in the Mandate for Palestine?
A2: This question is answered in the article dealing with the legal aspects of the British Mandate for Palestine. |
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"Land Ownership" Section is Misleading, Needs Clarification and Neutral Sources
editThe information in this section is misleading and needs clarification as it often omits percentage calculations or relative comparative information for accurately distinguishing Arab-owned land, thereby reducing the overall perception of Jewish-owned land in comparison to Arab-owned land.
The article states "Official statistics show that Jews privately and collectively owned 1,393,531 dunams (1,393.53 km2), or 5.23% of Palestine's total in 1945" while failing to mention the Arab-owned land ownership percentage. This may potentially mislead the reader to believe approximately 95% of the non-Jewish land was solely Arab-owned. As it is, the entire section provides no ability to accurately determine the total Arab-owned land.
Following this, the figure entitled "Land Ownership of Palestine in 1945 by district" shows that approximately 85% of Beersheba is publicly owned. What isn't shown is that this area represents approximately 10,000 km2 of publicly owned land in that district and approximately 40% of the then total area of Palestine. This may potentially mislead the reader as there is no mention of public ownership under the "Land ownership" section, and accordingly, no mention of the total square kilometres of public land to which the reader may conceptualize the percentages and relative ownership.
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 April 2026
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Add link to Nahum Sokolow's wikipedia page when his name is first mentioned. Pickledlastwords (talk) 00:00, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Edit request 9 May 2026
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- What I think should be changed (format using {{textdiff}}):
− under the terms of the [[League of Nations]], it was a [[Mandate forPalestine|mandatedterritory]]+ under the terms of the [[League of Nations]], it was a [[League of Nations mandate|mandated territory]], administered by the British as the [[Mandate for Palestine]] - Why it should be changed: It clarifies ambiguity, as a reader may want to know what a mandated territory fundamentally is while not wanting to navigate a lot. This helps clarify both what a mandate is, and which specific mandate this was under.
LeviAckerman3855 (talk) 17:29, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
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Done I changed it as you suggested but as this is my first time fulfilling such a request I don't know how to change the parameter to answered. Tiamut (talk) 17:49, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Nevermind, I think I found out how.Tiamut (talk) 17:53, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- The edit request template can be updated by adding |answered=yes, and I've taken care of that step. Richard Nevell (talk) 17:55, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks Richard. I figured it out about the same time but appreciate your help. Tiamut (talk) 17:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- The edit request template can be updated by adding |answered=yes, and I've taken care of that step. Richard Nevell (talk) 17:55, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hey, I just viewed the edit history and another editor clarified that, well, the Mandate for Palestine was an agreement. Might wanna change it to "administered by the British under the Mandate for Palestine"
- Sorry! LeviAckerman3855 (talk) 18:20, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- No problem. Thank you for the clarification. Will do it now. Tiamut (talk) 18:37, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Edit request 16 June 2026
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Description of suggested change:
A Citation Needed for the comment on Sykes Picot being a betrayal in the eyes of Arabs. I'm not saying it's wrong, but it's a big statement that should really specify who's speaking for the eyes of Arabs.
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| − | For the British, the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] had agreed in the [[McMahon–Hussein Correspondence]] that it would honour Arab independence in case of a revolt but, in the end, the United Kingdom and [[French Third Republic|France]] divided what had been [[Ottoman Syria]] under the [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]]—an act of betrayal in the eyes of the Arabs. | + | For the British, the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] had agreed in the [[McMahon–Hussein Correspondence]] that it would honour Arab independence in case of a revolt but, in the end, the United Kingdom and [[French Third Republic|France]] divided what had been [[Ottoman Syria]] under the [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]]—an act of betrayal in the eyes of the Arabs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i>[[Wikipedia:Citation needed|<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2026)">citation needed</span>]]</i>]</sup> |
~2026-35432-22 (talk) 22:36, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
Not done: Citations are not required for the lead section of the article, since it is intended to be a summary of sourced material in the article body. See MOS:LEADCITE. Day Creature (talk) 23:12, 17 June 2026 (UTC)