The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 32)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 32)

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Jewish purchase in this area was due to two factors. The first was that
this area was one of the most fertile and productive areas in Palestine
especially the citrus groves in the Jaffa and Tulkarm areas. These areas
represented a good investment and sites for agricultural settlements. [the
total coastal plain area is 2,928,300 dunums, 79% of which is cultivable
land].“1 The second reason was the availability of some of these lands for
sale. Big traces of lands in this area were owned by absentee landlords or
local big land owners, many of whom treated the land as a commodity
and were ready to sell it for good prices.
As detailed in Table 3, it can be noted that the area of land in
Palestine sold by absentee landlords was greater than those sold by local
landlords and the peasants. For example between the years 1920 and
1922, 75.4% of the lands purchased by the Jews were sold by absentee
landlords and only 3.8% by peasants. Between 1923 and 1927, 86% was
purchased from absentee landlords and only 1.6% from peasants. During
the whole period between 1878 and 1936, 52.6% of the total land
purchased by the Jews was sold by absentee landlords and 9.4% was sold
by peasants.
It is important to note that the state has also provided another source
for the Jewish land purchase in Palestine. It was estimated that the total
area of state domains amounted to 1,263,497 dunums ®, (including all the
Jordan valley including the lands of Beisan and Tiberias), as well as large
stretches in South of Palestine (the Negev), the hill areas and the sandy
Stretches along the sea coast. “7 The mandate Governments were
responsible under the provisions of the mandate to facilitate Jewish
,
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41 Kenneth W. Stein, The Land Question in Palestine, London,
— ~:1984, p.4
42 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.87
43 Sir John Hope Simpson, A Report on Immigration, London,
1930, pp. 172-3
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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