فلسطين‎, Filasţīn; Hebrew : פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א"י) ‎‎, Palestína (EY), EY standing for Eretz Yisrael ) was a geopolitic entity under British administration, carved out of Ottoman Southern Syria after World War I. British civil administration in Palestine operated from 1920 until 1948. This administration was formalised with the League of Nations'