The British replace the military administration in…

The British replace the military administration in Palestine with a civilian administration on July 1, 1920, following the confirmation of the mandate at San Remo.

Sir Herbert Samuel is appointed the first high commissioner.

The British Mandatory Government had sentenced Jabotinsky to fifteen years at hard labor at Acre prison, but this action had provoked such an outcry that he was soon released and reprieved.

Samuel's first official act is to grant amnesty to political prisoners, including Jabotinsky.