FACT CHECK · 1948, THE MANDATE AND PARTITION
Claim: 'Jordan was never part of the official Mandate'
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
It was: the League's Mandate (24 Jul 1922) covers it in Art. 25. A memo the League approved on 16 Sep 1922 exempted Trans-Jordan from the Jewish-home articles. It ran apart until independence in 1946.
Not applied east of the Jordan: Arts 4, 6, 13, 14, 22, 23 and parts of the Preamble and Arts 2, 7, 11. Treaty of London 22 Mar 1946; kingdom 25 May 1946.
SOURCE
Mandate for Palestine 1922, Art. 25 (Avalon); Transjordan memorandum, League Council, 16 Sep 1922
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