JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Today is the 95th anniversary of the "Mandate for Palestine" (Mandate), issued by the League of Nations, which granted Jews the legal right to establish citizenship in what was then called "Palestine." Effective July 24, 1922, the Mandate recognized the 1917 Balfour Declaration from Great Britain, which promised a Jewish state in the land (Preamble), established a "Jewish national home" (Arts. 2 & 4) provided that no part of Palestine (which territory was larger than the borders of Israel today) "be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of, the Government of any foreign Power" (Art. 5), provided for Jewish citizenship (Arts. 6-7), and otherwise provided legal right of Jews to the land along with legal protections.
