Palestinian Arab nationalists had worked for a…

Palestinian Arab nationalists had worked for a Greater Syria under Faisal.

The British military occupation authority in Palestine, fearing an Arab rebellion, publishes an Anglo-French Joint Declaration, issued after the armistice with Turkey in November 1918, which calls for self-determination for the indigenous people of the region.

At the war's end, the future of Palestine is problematic.

Great Britain, which had set up a military administration in Palestine after the capture of Jerusalem, is faced with the problem of having to secure international sanction for the continued occupation of the country in a manner consistent with its ambiguous, seemingly conflicting wartime commitments.