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

The 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.

Epstein-Truman and Epstein-Shertok letters

@User:Onceinawhile: I've made a short addition to the "Termination of the mandate" section. It still mentions both the communication to the US and the request for recognition, without giving the reader any false impressions of the nature of the request. Dotyoyo (talk) 07:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted that, it was fine the way it was and the material in the Easter egg does give a false impression, I think. Selfstudier (talk) 11:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The original letter conveyed (1) Israel's geographical limits and (2) a request for recognition. I interpret the current wording as saying "Israel asked for recognition of the State and its geographical limits". I see that as a significant difference, hence a misrepresentation, but I won't make further attempts to resolve this. (Re: Easter egg: If you find mention of "Israel's willingness to cooperate" with the UN Partition Plan objectionable as is, you might want to also remove it from Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence#Borders, or find a supporting RS.) Dotyoyo (talk) 12:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The article states: "In 1926, the British authorities formally decided to use the traditional Arabic equivalent to the English name, and its Hebrew transcription i.e. Filasţīn (فلسطين) and Pālēśtīnā (פּלשׂתינה) respectively."

Needed additional information: It was the Romans who changed the named of Syria, Judea, and Palestine (Gaza) to "Syria Palestina," not the Arabs nor the Palestinians (Gazans). This was an attempt to wipe Judea off the map and why the Jews refer to the "Land of Israel" and not as "Palestine" (which is Gaza). This was done by the Romans around the same time that they changed the story of Jesus' last week in Jerusalem, where he turned over the tables of the money changers and drove them off the temple grounds with a whip. He was crucified by the Romans for sedition (that was their punishment for sedition at that time). If, as the Romans claimed, he was guilty of blasphemy, he would have been stoned to death (the Jewish penalty for blasphemy at that time). The Romans changed the story so they could hijack the teachings of a Jewish prophet and create a religion to control the masses (with being culpable for his death). This makes the New Testament (and later the Qur'an) the root causes of global antisemitism. Recently, the Roman Catholic Church admitted that many of its doctrines are not true, including the Jews killing Jesus. See "United States Conference of Catholic Bishops endorses Jewish group’s ‘anti-hate’ document that claims past Church teachings are antisemitic" at https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/usccb-endorses-jewish-groups-anti-hate-document-that-claims-past-church-teachings-are-antisemitic/ Bob Bows (talk) 01:14, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 00:33, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion: Adding a demographic map

Hello, I have made a map based on the 1945 census and perhaps it may be helpful to add under the demographics section. [1]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MandatoryPalestineReligion1945.png Regards Tomislav Addai (talk) 07:31, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]