Ka cika wannan magana: Daga shekara ta 1922 zuwa 1948, yawan mutanen birnin ya ƙaru daga 52,000 zuwa 165,000, kashi biyu bisa uku Yahudawa ne kuma kashi ɗaya bisa uku Larabawa ne (Musulmai da Kiristoci). Dangantaka tsakanin Larabawa Krista da Musulmai da kuma yawan Yahudawa da ke ƙaruwa a Urushalima sun lalace, wanda ya haifar da tashin hankali akai-akai. A Urushalima, musamman, rikicin Larabawa ya faru a 1920 da
a shekara ta 1929. A karkashin Birtaniyya, an gina sabbin wuraren shakatawa a sassan yamma da arewacin birnin kuma an kafa cibiyoyin ilimi mafi girma kamar Jami'ar Ibrananci.