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Peel Commission: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Royal Commission of Inquiry to Palestine
Date 1936 - July 1937

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Lord William Robert Peel, second from left in profile, and Sir Horace Rumbold, far left, stand with others outside a building with a sign reading Office of the Palestine Royal Commission.
Map of Palestine showing the Peel Commission's 1937 partition proposal, with areas designated for a Jewish state in green, an Arab state in orange, and a central zone under British rule in red, including Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Major cities, Jewish settlements, and Arab or mixed towns are marked, alongside neighboring countries Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
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