The 1918 British Occupation of Palestine and the Military Administration

In the immediate aftermath of World War I, Palestine entered a period of military occupation under British General Edmund Allenby. This episode explores the contradictory promises made to Arabs, Jews, and the local population during the war—the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence, the Balfour Declaration, and the Sykes-Picot Agreement—and how these conflicting commitments shaped British policy in Palestine from 1917 to 1920. We discuss the establishment of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA), the role of military governor Ronald Storrs in Jerusalem, the growing tension between Zionist immigration and Arab nationalism, and the early seeds of the British Mandate. No grand narrative, just the messy reality of occupation and the human costs of imperial strategy.

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