Mandatory Palestine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Economy== {{main|Economy of Mandatory Palestine}} {{multiple image | footer = "[[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]" is shown in English, Arabic (<big>ููุณุทูู</big>) and Hebrew; the latter includes the acronym <big>ืืดื</big> for ''[[Eretz Yisrael]]'' (Land of Israel). | image1 = Palestine stamp.jpg | caption1 = 1927 Mandatory Palestine postage stamp | width1 = 93 | image2 = ุนู ูุฉ ููุณุทูููุฉ ู ุนุฏููุฉ.jpg | caption2 = 1941 Mandatory Palestine coin | width2 = 108 | image3 = Stamp palestine 10 mils.jpg | caption3 = 1927 Mandatory Palestine revenue stamp | width3 = 90 | image4 = Mill (British Mandate for Palestine currency, 1927).jpg | width4 = 110 | caption4 = 1927 Mandatory Palestine coin }} Between 1922 and 1947, the annual growth rate of the Jewish sector of the economy was 13.2%, mainly due to immigration and foreign capital, while that of the Arab was 6.5%. Per capita, these figures were 4.8% and 3.6% respectively. By 1936, Jews earned 2.6 times as much as Arabs.{{sfn|Khalidi|2006|pp=13โ14}} Compared to Arabs in other countries, Palestinian Arabs earned slightly more.{{sfn|Khalidi|2006|p=27}} The [[Jaffa Electric Company]] was founded in 1923 by [[Pinhas Rutenberg]], and was later absorbed into a newly created [[Israel Electric Company|Palestine Electric Corporation]]; the [[First Jordan Hydro-Electric Power House]] was opened in 1933. [[Palestine Airways]] was founded in 1934, [[Angel Bakeries]] in 1927, and the [[Tnuva]] dairy in 1926. Electric current mainly flowed to Jewish industry, following it to its nestled locations in Tel Aviv and Haifa. Although Tel Aviv had by far more workshops and factories, the demand for electric power for industry was roughly the same for both cities by the early 1930s.<ref>Shamir, Ronen (2013). ''Current Flow: The Electrification of Palestine''. Stanford: Stanford University Press.</ref> The country's largest industrial zone was in [[Haifa]], where many housing projects were built for employees.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/haifa-s-glass-house-transparent-but-still-an-israeli-mystery-1.422686 |title=Haifa's glass house transparent, but still an Israeli mystery |work=Haaretz |author=Noam Dvir |date=5 April 2012}}</ref> On the scale of the UN [[Human Development Index]] determined for around 1939, of 36 countries, Palestinian Jews were placed 15th, Palestinian Arabs 30th, Egypt 33rd and Turkey 35th.{{sfn|Khalidi|2006|p=16}} The Jews in Palestine were mainly urban, 76.2% in 1942, while the Arabs were mainly rural, 68.3% in 1942.{{sfn|Khalidi|2006|p=17}} Overall, Khalidi concludes that Palestinian Arab society, while overmatched by the ''[[Yishuv]]'', was as advanced as any other Arab society in the region and considerably more than several.{{sfn|Khalidi|2006|pp=29โ30}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page