The areas in which ninety percent of…

The areas in which ninety percent of the Arabs lived had been placed under military government after independence.

This system and the assignment of almost unfettered powers to military governors are based on the Defense (Emergency) Regulations promulgated by the British Mandate Authority in 1945.

Using the 1945 regulations as a legal base, the government creates three areas or zones to be ruled by the Ministry of Defense.

The most important is the Northern Area, also known as the Galilee Area, the locale of about two-thirds of the Arab population.