Who occupied the land of Palestine after WWI?

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David P
Jun 27, 2016

Great Britain.

Explanation:

Palestine had been part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. This broke up with the defeat of Turkey as an ally of Germany.

The British were given Palestine as a League of Nations mandated territory. Under this mandate they had 50 years to prepare the indigenous peoples for independence.

Britain's failure to do so and the ensuing events of the inter war period were to have far reaching consequences for the Middle East.

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