Page "History of Israel" Paragraph 71

Most of the revenue raised by the Mandate came from the Jewish minority but was spent on funding the British administration.

Therefore, with British permission, the Va ' ad raised its own taxes and ran independent services for the Jewish population.

Education and health care for Jews in Palestine were in the hands of the major Zionist political parties: the General Zionists, the Mizrahi and the Socialist Zionists, with each operating independent services and ( except for Mizrahi ) sports organizations funded by local taxes, donations and fees.

The Zionist movement also established the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Technion ( technological university ) in Haifa ( both 1925 ).