WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1920, Britain assumed responsibility for Palestine under a League of Nations Mandate. During the next two decades, over 100, 000 Jews entered the country. The British Army’s operations in Palestine during this period were mainly directed against militant Arab groups who were opposed to this mass Jewish immigration.

Detailed explanation-2: -The British also promised the French, in a separate treaty known as 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement, that the majority of Palestine would be under international administration, while the rest of the region would be split between the two colonial powers after the war.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. The territory now known as Palestine formed part of the Ottoman empire until it was occupied, in 1917-19, by British forces under the command of General Allenby.