<P> At the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire following World War I , the victorious European states divided many of its component regions into newly created states under League of Nations mandates according to deals that had been struck with other interested parties . In the Middle East , Syria ( including the Ottoman autonomous Christian Lebanon and the surrounding areas that became the Republic of Lebanon ) came under French control , while Mesopotamia and Palestine were allotted to the British . </P>
<P> At the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire following World War I , the victorious European states divided many of its component regions into newly created states under League of Nations mandates according to deals that had been struck with other interested parties . In the Middle East , Syria ( including the Ottoman autonomous Christian Lebanon and the surrounding areas that became the Republic of Lebanon ) came under French control , while Mesopotamia and Palestine were allotted to the British . </P>
who ruled the area of palestine right before israel gained its independence
who ruled the area of palestine right before israel gained its independence
the British
the British