Talk:Mandatory Palestine
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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Major Citing error
The entire essay under "Arab Revolt" is cited in an incorrect formation. Should be fixed by a confirmed editor. Just add theCite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). instead of the ()s.
Example:
Change: fled to safer areas. (Gilbert 1998, p. 80)
To: fled to safer areas.[1]
Another example: The violence abated for about a year while the British sent the Peel Commission to investigate. (Khalidi 2006, pp. 87–90) to The violence abated for about a year while the British sent the Peel Commission to investigate.[2]
Etcetera. The entire essay. It makes it very hard to read. Thanks.Dr.EbrahimSaadawi (talk) 17:40, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
Arab migrants secret story
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/%281919%29_pic57_-_Egyptian_Labors_in_Palestine.jpg/220px-%281919%29_pic57_-_Egyptian_Labors_in_Palestine.jpg)
Is there someone who is interested by the subject of arab migrants?--Iudaeorum (talk) 02:57, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- That book is so far from a reliable source that it's a joke. You don't understand it, either. The Egyptian Labor Company was not secret and not migrants. Zerotalk 03:52, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 June 2020
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in the article on State UNAMBIGUOUSLY your suggested changes below this line, preferably in a "change X to Y" format. Other editors need to know what to add mandatory Palestine there is a photograph titled 'The arrival of Sir Herbert Samuel' in which the man next to Air Marshall Sir Geoffrey Salmond is listed as Sir Herbert. That man is not Sir Herbert Samuel nor is Sir Herbert anywhere in the picture. for verification type Sir Herbert Samuel into any browser and check the images. Sir Herbert Samuel was taller and sported a mustache' 122.25.93.238 (talk) 10:13, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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. — Yours, Berrely • Talk∕Contribs 10:27, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
- I think he is making a good point here – I don’t see Samuel in the picture either. Perhaps these people were waiting for him to arrive. Onceinawhile (talk) 10:40, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Flag
Shouldn't the Red Ensign of Palestine be the Civil Flag. Yes I know it was very unpopular among the inhabitants but shouldn't it still be in the Infobox Kanto7 (talk) 02:18, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Kanto7: The red ensign was used by shipping only. It was never the civil flag of Palestine. Zerotalk 09:14, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
EDIT REQUEST: Insert the following map in the section #Land Ownership
Hi,
I would like to request that in the #Land Ownership section, to replace this map (see thumbnail, top image next to Edit Request)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Palestine_Index_to_Villages_and_Settlements%2C_showing_Land_in_Jewish_Possession_as_at_31.12.44.jpg/220px-Palestine_Index_to_Villages_and_Settlements%2C_showing_Land_in_Jewish_Possession_as_at_31.12.44.jpg)
with this new map (see thumbnail next to Edit Request, second image), created by User:Shahanshah26:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Mandatory_Palestine_Land_Ownership_in_1945.png/220px-Mandatory_Palestine_Land_Ownership_in_1945.png)
Why do I think this to be a relevant and beneficial change?
The photo created by the above user combines the data information present on multiple UN Maps (including the two already present currently in #Land Ownership). It combines this information in what I believe to be an neutral, well-sourced, intuitive, and comprehensible-for-the-layman format.
To quote the author's post linked on the file, the map sources from the following maps:
Jewish Owned Land in 1945 (map attached to the 1945–46 Survey of Palestine)
State Land in 1947 (map attached to the 1945–46 Survey of Palestine)
Detail of State Land in the West Bank (I used dark blue and orange, lands registered before 1967)
“Jordanian Land Policy in the West Bank” (shows continuity in state land under Jordan and the British Mandate)
“Under the Guise of Legality” (part two includes a description of land law in the British Mandate; Palestinian bias)
“Israel-Palestine land division” (the article includes a description of land law in the British Mandate; Israeli bias)
Structure of a Palestinian Village (according to the Ottoman Land Code of 1858, applied by the British)
Palestine Open Maps (used to determine village boundaries and cultivation status of land)
Map Used as a Template (I erased the municipality boundaries, fixed shape of Dead Sea to about what it looked like in 1945, and added Lake Hula)
Land Ownership by Sub-Districts (map attached to the 1945–46 Survey of Palestine)
Timeline of Jewish Settlements (includes maps)
Furthermore, when asking the author to submit his work to Wikimedia, he also referred me to the following resources which he made use of (album of six maps).
In short, I believe the map to be an invaluable resource, and clearer and more comprehensive to the maps currently present on the page. My edit request is to replace the second UN map in Land Ownership with this one, which provides the same info present currently, with the addition of Arab villages as well.
If whichever editor reading this believes that replacing the image to not be necessary, I request you to consider adding it in addition to, rather than instead of, the current image. I believe it to be a valuable resource for understanding the conflict and the 181 Partition Plan. --Xland44 (talk) 16:57, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
- Maps are tricky, even trickier when this is the subject matter. Some might also with some justification argue that this is original research. The target anyway ought to be United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, I would have thought. I think if there additional points to be made above and beyond the sourced maps (to further explain those maps, is that the idea?), then those points should come from reliable secondary sources. Sorry to be a wet blanket, looks like a nice piece of work but as time consuming to check as it was to create, probably. Selfstudier (talk) 19:47, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
It's completely fair to say that maps are tricky on this subject matter, which is why I would have posted this as an edit request / discussion even were I auto-confirmed. This edit request is intended to also enable other parties (e.g, you) to look at the sources (that's why I've listed them) and judge whether it portrays the already-available information in an honest/unbiased & clear-cut manner. Indeed, it's intended to further explain these maps. I don't think it's explicitly original research, as it's simply unifying already accessible maps and information.
I'll also note there seems to be precedent and current usage of similar maps: See Demographics of Israel and Demographics of the State of Palestine, which both use the following map (see third thumbnail), and also commons:User:Bolter21
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Demographic_map_of_Palestine_-_Israel_-_with_Legend.png/220px-Demographic_map_of_Palestine_-_Israel_-_with_Legend.png)
But yes, I'm suggesting to add this image because I believe it to be neutral and provides clarity; if you don't think that is the case, I'll respect your opinion. That being said, I would suggest perhaps an RfC for a topic that is indeed, as tricky as this.
Cheers, thank you for replying! Xland44 (talk) 05:47, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Romanization/transliteration errors
The transliterations given in the first paragraph, Pālēśtīnā and Ērētz Yīśrā'ēl, are erroneous. According to Wikipedia guidelines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Hebrew)#Article_and_section_titles), these should be Palestina and Eretz Yisra'el. Even if someone wanted to use the old-fashioned pseudo-scientific pseudo-Biblical transliterations that can indicate specific vowels, the ē in Pālēśtīnā and in Ērētz, and the ī in Yīśrā'ēl are incorrect. They would more correctly be Pāleśtīnā and Ereṣ Yiśrā'ēl, but, again, Wikipedia standards require Palestina and Eretz Yisra'el.--Linguistatlunch (talk) 17:01, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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