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===British Mandate (1917–1947)===
{{Main|Mandatory Palestine}}
[[File:Map of Mandatory Palestine in 1946 with major cities (in English).svg|thumb|340x340px|Mandatory Palestine in 1946]]
The first Palestinian nationalist organizations emerged at the end of the [[World War I]].<ref>Benny Morris, ''Righteous Victims'', p. 48 in the French edition.</ref> Two political factions emerged. ''[[al-Muntada al-Adabi]]'', dominated by the [[Nashashibi]] family, militated for the promotion of the Arabic language and culture, for the defense of Islamic values and for an independent Syria and Palestine. In [[Damascus]], ''al-Nadi al-Arabi'', dominated by the [[Husayni]] family, defended the same values.<ref>[[Benny Morris]], ''Righteous Victims'', p.49 in the French edition.</ref>