PERENNIAL LAND CONFLICT IN ISRAEL IS DUE TO IGNORANCE OF THE BIBLE AKA TANAKH ( BUT WITHOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT) AKA JEWISH WRITINGS AKA THE STATE ANCIENT STATE'S OF ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT RECORDS ( ALL JEWISH WRITINGS INCLUDING THE NEW TESTAMENT & OTHER POST ASCENCION WRITINGS BY CHRISTUANS/ MESSIANIC JEWS )

QSTPS PROMPT

why did the British mandate ignore the Bible aka Tanakh ?

GEMINI'S ANSWER

When the British took over administration of Palestine following World War I, they did not base their legal or governing framework on the Bible. Instead, they established a secular, imperial colonial administration.

Several key legal, political, and practical reasons explain why the British ignored biblical law and systems when governing the Mandate:

1. Britain Was a Modern Secular Empire 

    Britain Was a Modern Secular  Christian /Messianic Jewish Empire 

QSTPS NOTE

( Interesting that Gemini Says The British Empire Was Not A Christian/Messianic Judaic Empire . But It Was. All Humans Including Secularists Are Christians/Messianic Jews especially Natural Jews .It Is Just That They Do Not Use Religious Texts To Solve Physical Problems On Planet Earth like the Religious Christians/Messianic Jews  )

By the 20th century, the British Empire was governed by codified secular law, parliamentary statutes, and English common law, not religious texts. When Britain acquired territories under the League of Nations Mandate system (such as Palestine, Iraq, or Tanganyika), the objective was to implement modern bureaucratic governance, civil services, tax collection, and infrastructure—matching standard Western administrative models, rather than ancient theological ones.

2. The Mandate Framework Was Defined by International Law

The legal basis for British rule came from the League of Nations, the Treaty of Lausanne, and the Palestine Order in Council (1922). These documents explicitly outlined Britain’s duties: maintaining public order, developing self-governing institutions, facilitating the Balfour Declaration (establishing a national home for the Jewish people), and protecting the civil and religious rights of all inhabitants. The governing instructions were political and diplomatic, rooted in 20th-century international law, not scripture.

3. Religious Neutrality in a Pluralistic Region

Palestine was home to multiple major religions—Muslims, Christians, and Jews—with deeply competing theological claims to the land. If the British administration had attempted to rule using biblical law, it would have created an immediate administrative and political crisis:

 * Which version or interpretation of scripture would they use?

 * Using the Hebrew Bible or Christian texts as a state law would have disenfranchised the majority Muslim population, while ignoring Islamic legal traditions (Sharia).

   To maintain relative stability, the British chose to preserve the existing legal pluralism rather than impose a single religious framework.

4. Preservation of the Existing Legal Status Quo

Rather than inventing a new legal system or turning back the clock to ancient biblical models, the British adopted the legal architecture left behind by the Ottoman Empire (which had ruled the region for 400 years) and layered English common law over it.

 * The Millet System: Under the Palestine Order in Council, the British allowed religious communities (Muslim, Jewish, and various Christian denominations) to retain autonomy over their own "personal status" laws—such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance—through their own religious courts.

 * Land and Civil Law: For property, commerce, and criminal offenses, they relied heavily on Ottoman land codes (which were influenced by Islamic law and 19th-century French legal codes) combined with British ordinances.

In short, the British Mandate was an exercise in 20th-century geopolitical empire-building. Using the Bible to govern a modern mandate would have contradicted British legal traditions, destabilized an already tense multi-faith population, and run counter to the secular international laws under which Britain derived its authority.

by Gemini & Founder of QSTPS Arthur Owiti/ Tendaishe Owiti/Arthur Tendaishe Ochieng Mburu Owiti / Ochieng/Mburu/Owiti / Rex Arthur / Aquarian Scientist/Aquarian Philosopher/DJ Kuchu/Tendaishe Owiti Mungu Eloah