▁become ▁polit ically ▁irrelevant . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁differences ▁of ▁opinion ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁the ▁All - Pal est ine ▁Prote ctor ate ▁was ▁a ▁mere ▁pu ppet ▁or ▁fa ç ade ▁of ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁occupation , ▁with ▁neg lig ible ▁independent ▁fund ing ▁or ▁influence , ▁or ▁whether ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁genu ine ▁attempt ▁to ▁establish ▁an ▁independent ▁Palest in ian ▁state . ▁Though ▁the ▁All - Pal est ine ▁Government ▁claimed ▁juris diction ▁over ▁the ▁whole ▁former ▁British ▁Mand ate ▁of ▁Palest ine ▁at ▁no ▁time ▁did ▁its ▁effective ▁juris diction ▁extend ▁beyond ▁the ▁Gaz a ▁St rip , ▁with ▁the ▁West ▁Bank ▁an nex ed ▁by ▁Jordan ▁and ▁Israel ▁holding ▁the ▁rest . ▁The ▁All - Pal est ine ▁Prote ctor ate ▁re lied ▁entirely ▁on ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁government ▁for ▁fund ing ▁and ▁on ▁UN R WA ▁to ▁rel ieve ▁the ▁pl ight ▁of ▁the ▁Palest in ian ▁refuge es ▁in ▁the ▁Gaz a ▁St rip . ▁The ▁All - Pal est ine ▁Government ▁re located ▁to ▁C airo ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁where ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁government ▁in ▁ex ile ▁and ▁gradually ▁fell ▁apart ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁imp ot ence , ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁becoming ▁a ▁department ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ▁League . ▁The ▁prote ctor ate ▁finally ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁by ▁dec ree ▁of ▁N asser . ▁ ▁Foreign ▁relations ▁Egypt , ▁which ▁manip ulated ▁its ▁formation , ▁recognized ▁All - Pal est ine ▁on ▁ 1 2