Summary
A late-1938 case involving a Jewish Palestinian whose Court of Criminal Appeal legal report was titled ‘Citizen in Palestine not a British subject’, affirming in Banko’s account that Palestinian citizenship did not translate to ipso facto British nationality (The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, PDF p.212 / printed p.201).
Details
- The case was one of two factors behind the Foreign Office’s early-1939 proposal that Palestine passports be labelled ‘Passport – British Mandated Territory of Palestine’ rather than as a British passport (PDF p.212 / printed p.201).
- Palestinian citizens who also claimed British nationality often faced different treatment as to their status both within Great Britain and abroad (PDF p.212 / printed p.201).
Related pages
The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, Palestinian nationality