Resolution 181 proposed dividing between Jews and Arabs the land then remaining under the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

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Fortunately for their ill-served nation, their willingness to renounce the Jews' sovereign rights under the League of Nations Mandate was never binding, because the Arabs rejected the plans and so rendered them null and void.

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By then, Britain had run Palestine for more than 20 years, having captured it from the Turks in 1917 and accepted a League of Nations mandate to govern the country and help the Jews establish a national home.

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The League of Nations' letter of mandate for Britain specifically enjoined the British to facilitate Jewish immigration to the land of Israel.

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In 1932, Iraq became independent and joined the League of Nations after the British mandate ended.

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Then the League of Nations awarded Britain the Mandate to govern Palestine and prepare its citizens for self-government.

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In 1923, Britain began to govern Palestine under a mandate from the League of Nations.

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That agreement was superceded by another which established a mandate system of French and British control, sanctioned by the new League of Nations.

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