FACT CHECK · 1948, THE MANDATE AND PARTITION
Claim: The Mandate named a Jewish national home
TRUETHE ANSWER
Mandate names 'non-Jewish communities', not Arabs. Art. 2 protects all inhabitants' civil and religious rights. League of Nations, 1922; cites the Jewish people's historical connection.
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- “Mandate for palestine”
- “1922 mandate”
- “League of nations”
- “Mandate was a trust”
- “Jewish national home”
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