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


Tilling the land, cultivating one’s self

Israel’s agricultural schools connect kids to nature, history and society

An outdoor lesson in the vegetable garden in the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA) School in Petah Tikva, between 1920 and 1930.

Founder of the Kaufman Music Center and Holocaust survivor dies at 96

Dr. Tzipora Jochsberger organized music schools in the British Mandate of Palestine and the United States ever since she left Nazi Germany in 1939.

Tzipora Jochsberger

Fundamentally Freund: Balfour and the Jewish Magna Carta

The connection is in fact quite compelling, and it is well worth pondering as we celebrate the centennial of the Balfour Declaration today.

The Balfour Declaration

Sixty-seven words - 100 years of conflict

On the Balfour Declaration's centenary, Elliot Jager argues that while Arab opposition to a Jewish national home remains the crux of the conflict, the nature of Jewish anti-Zionism is unchanged.

Lord Balfour declares the Hebrew University of Jerusalem open in painting by Leopold Pilichowski

Congratulations to Balfour Declaration on 100th Anniversary!

The Jerusalem Post

100 years later, how has the Balfour Declaration shaped Israel's conflicts?

At its centennial, scholars and descendants of the British statesman discuss the history of the Balfour Declaration and what it means today.

Arthur James Balfour

The Centennial of the Balfour Declaration

...and Lord Balfour in Eretz Yisrael in 1925

The Balfour Declaration

1947: Jailed by the British for not blowing a shofar at the Kotel

The story of the last Jew taken to prison for not blowing the shofar.

Blowing the shofar at the Western Wall before Rosh Hashana

UK–Israel relations: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration

Today we are also secured by our ties in trade, investment, security, cooperation, technology and science, for the benefit of the peoples of both countries.

UK AND Israeli flags together at a march in London.

Escape from Cyprus: The story of ‘Hatikva'

As the passengers sang loudly, the Palestinian sawed the lock from a hatch cover in the floor of their cage.

Hatikvah crew members in Cyprus (from left) Hugh McDonald, Sam Gordon, Harold Katz, Joe Gilden and Murray Greenfield.