@theohiorob.bsky.socialThe 1922 Transjordan Memorandum exempted territory east of the Jordan River (Transjordan) from provisions for a Jewish national home and transferred it to the Hashemite dynasty in 1923; the west remained under British rule until 1948. 2/2
@theohiorob.bsky.socialHistorical map: After WWI and the Ottoman defeat, the League of Nations set the British Mandate for Palestine over the Levant. 1/2
@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialThe #LEHI, aka #SternGang, a #FarRight/#fascist paramilitary in #MandatoryPalestine, murdered the #UN mediator on #ThisDayInHistory in 1948. #CountFolkeBernadotte had sought compromise between #Arabs, #Palestinians, and a #Zionist movement determined to steal the whole country.
