The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 28)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 28)
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22,400.
It was estimated that between 1922 and 1936 the population of
Palestine expanded from 752,048 to 1,336,578 representing an increase of
78%. In absolute figures the population excluding the Jews increased by
297,777 slightly more than the increase of the Jewish population, which
was 286,698, On the other hand, while the Muslim and Christian Arab
population increased by 49% and 44% respectively, the Jewish
population increased by no less than 343% 3! The total population of the
Country increased by 35% during the fourteen years period between
1922-1936 by immigration alone. 2
The years 1922 to 1936 witnessed also a migration from the rural
areas to the urban centers among the Arab population of Palestine. The
urban proportion of the Muslim population increased from 23.5% in
1922 to 26.9% in 1935. The Christian proportion also increased, from
75.4% in 1922 to 78.8% in 1935. 3 Asa result of land sales, many of the
Arab peasants became landless and sought to find alternative means of
livelihood in the towns, particularly the ports of Jaffa and Haifa. * In
contrast to the increasing urbanisation of the Arab population, the
Jewish population was decreasing in the towns. While in 1922, 81.9% of
the Jews in Palestine were to be found in towns, this proportion had
declined to 73% in 1935. 35 The reason for this decline was also land
purchase. As the Jews purchased more lands particularly in the
30 A Report of the Mandatory Power to the Leaque of Nations,
London, 1933. p.15
31 Government of Palestine Information Department, London,
1937, p.32
32 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.119
33 «Ibid, p.13
34 Nevil Barbour and D. Warriner, Nisi Dominus. p.123.
35 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.119
20 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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