The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 21)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 21)
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with each of the other two. But these three forces were interacting
through a complex network of interrelations.
From the outset, since the mandate came into operation in Palestine
in September 1923, the successive mandate governments were
confronted with significant contradictions in the practice of their policies
and in their economic measures. Firstly, the mandate governments were
responsible under the provisions of the mandate "for placing the country
under political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the
establishment of the Jewish National home..."', and they were
responsible to "facilitate the Jewish immigration under suitable
conditions and shall encourage in co-operation with the Jewish Agency...
close settlements by Jews on the land, including state lands and
wastelands not required for public purposes."? Secondly, by executing
these promises, the mandate governments faced the hostility of the
indigenous Arab population of the country, whose economy was affected
and promised independence was threatened by the Jewish National
home project. The third contradiction was that these mandate
governments had to balance Britain’s own interests as a colonial power in
the country with the contradictory interests of the Arabs and Jews. |
This chapter will discuss the impact of building the Jewish national
home on Arab society in Palestine especially on its economy, and how
the capitalist Jewish sector of the Palestine economy came to dominate
that of the pre-capitalist Arab sector.
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1 Article 2 of the mandate for Palestine, reprinted from a
Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations
special Committee on Palestine, London, 1947. p.76
2 Ibid. p.76
13 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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