Historical Flags (Palestine)

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Chronological Overview (see detailed information below)

Ottoman Empire -1916	British Mandate of Palestine and (pre-1923) Transjordan 1916-1948	Egypt, Israel, Jordan (partition) 1948-1967	Israel (occupation) 1967-	Palestinian Authority 1994- (partial; concurrent with occupation)

(click on flags to view detailed information and image credits)

• Before 1916
• Palestine and Transjordan 1916-1923
• British Mandate of Palestine 1923-1948
• Palestinian Flag used in the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt
• Jerusalem Civil Ensign 1333-1921

See also:

• State Flag in the French Echelles du Levant
• British Colonies
• Palestine
• Israel
• Jordan

image by Željko Heimer, 02 Mar 1999

Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and used the Ottoman flag.

Santiago Dotor, 18 Oct 2000

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image by Clay Moss, 16 Dec 2006

The British took Jerusalem in December 1916. The Allied Supreme Council created a British mandate on 25 April 1920 and the League of Nations approved it 24 July 1922. The Balfour Declaration of 1917, providing for a Jewish national home, applied to Palestine, but not Transjordan. Transjordan was separated from Palestine as an autonomous state on 26 May 1923.

T.F. Mills, 16 Dec 1997