Researcher Rephael  Stern published a paper in the journal “Comparative Studies in Society and History” by the University of Cambridge – Volume 62, Issue 2, titled “Legal Liminalities: Conflicting Jurisdictional Claims in the Transition from British Mandate Palestine to the State of Israel.” This paper explores the legal and temporal dimensions of the transition from British Mandate Palestine to the State of Israel on 15 May 1948. Also, this paper examines the paradoxical character of Israeli jurisdictional claims during this period and argues that it reveals the Israeli state’s uncertainty as to whether the Mandate had truly passed into the past. The researcher says that Israel’s complex attitude toward its Mandate past directs our attention to how it was created against the backdrop of the receding British Empire and underscores the importance of studying Israel alongside other post-imperial states that emerged from the First World War and the mid-century decolonizing world. To check the paper, click here