British mandate

The UK recognizing Palestine opens the door to lawsuits over crimes during the Mandate - opinion

The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister has called for a formal apology and massive financial compensation.

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer
Guests holding a sign and a Palestinian flag pose on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "Palestine 36" as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 50th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 5, 2025.

At Toronto film festival, 'Palestine 36' tackles the past, echoes in the present

An UNRWA photo of Palestinians having an open-air school in Jericho after what they have dubbed the Nakba.

Britain created the first wave of Arab refugees from Palestine

Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes (left) and François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (Illustrative).

The return of Sykes-Picot: Misunderstandings of historical Palestine plans - opinion


Grandma’s lens: A visit to the Holy Land in 1935

It was called Palestine then; it was after the signing of the Balfour Declaration but before the days of World War II.

 The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, which both my grandmother and I found to be lovely peaceful. She noted that the garden was kept by an old English soldier

A tour of Acre's attractions and hidden gems

A tour of the former British (and Ottoman) prison, located at the top of the 12th-century Crusader fortress complex was a great way to start the trip of the ancient city of Acre.

The view from Tel Akko

Brit Shalom and Peter Beinart - analyzing Jewish-Palestinian land solution

Arguments for a binational “solution” are a century old – and they collapsed under the weight of Jewish blood and Arab intransigence.

PETER BEINART is the sort of progressive who hopes to be ahead of his time.

West Bank land registry essential to conflict is hand-written

Scanning project has begun

THE JEWISH community of Mitzpe Kramim east of the West Bank city of Ramallah in 2015

Water cooling tower at Haifa oil refinery collapses

The tower, part of a set of two, was built during the British Mandate, and posed as one of most notable icons of the city.

One of the water cooling towers at the Haifa oil refinery collapses, June 12, 2020

ECI to mark 100 years since San Remo Conference in Jerusalem

'This is the most momentous political event in the whole history of our movement, and it is, perhaps, no exaggeration to say in the whole history of our people since the Exile'

San Remo Conference 521

Thousands gather in Upper Galilee to commemorate Battle of Tel Hai

The event revolved around the heroism of a Jewish defensive paramilitary group and its commander, Joseph Trumpeldor.

Betar Youth gather in Upper Galilee to commemorate Battle of Tel Hai

Book review: Getting the world to sign off

A masterful chronicling of the battle for global support for Israeli independence.

BRITISH SOLDIERS in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City.

From Begin’s tchach-tchachim to Bibi’s bots - analysis

Likud has a long history of milking opponents’ insults for more votes.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster depicting the late prime minister Menachem Begin in Tel Aviv in 2010

Original copy of infamous 1939 British White Paper to be auctioned

An original copy of the 'White Paper' which restricted Jewish immigration to Palestine during the Holocaust is one of three rare pamphlets to be auctioned in Los Angeles

Palestine Police Force wanted poster of Irgun and Lehi members. Menachem Begin appears at the top left.