The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 11)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 11)
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PREFACE:
Despite the fact that the revolt of 1936-39 in Palestine did not succeed in
stopping the process of building the Jewish state in Palestine, nor in
stopping the British from supporting it, the revolt is nonetheless,
regarded by the Palestinians as the first organised armed resistance in
their modern history. It is remembered for being the first grass-roots
movement which achieved the longest commercial general strike in the
history of the Middle East, and succeeded in participating the majority of
the Palestinian Arab population, and obliged the British in the summer
of 1938 to re-occupy most of Palestine from the hands of the rebels.
Today, in the third year of the Intifada against Israel in the
occupied Palestinian territories, one can hear the older generation of
Palestinians drawing comparisons with revolt of 1936-39 during the
British Mandate. "It is the same" say those who witnessed the revolt. "The
people defied the authorities and took matters into their own hands".
Comparisons are made between the National Committees of the Thirties
and the Popular Committees of the Eighties, civil disobedience then and
now, the rebel courts, the role of the Shabab (the young men), and even
the use of pseudonym for their groups and leaders.
However, despite the older generation’s enthusiasm for finding
similarities between the revolt and the Intifada, the younger generation
believes the differences between the two to be more significant,
especially on the ideological and organisational levels. Nevertheless,
3 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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