The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 35)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 35)

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agriculture. ”
Palestinian peasants were under three sets of pressures. On the one
hand they faced the threat of being evicted from the lands they cultivated
as a result of land sales, on the other hand they were indebted to the
landowners, money lenders and city merchants. Moreover, the mandate
government burdened them even further with heavy direct and indirect
taxes, and even those who escaped the fate of being evicted from their
lands could not escape the ruinous results of the economic pressures. For
example, the government lifted the duty on the import of olive oil and
sesame seeds, affecting the local production which suffered considerably
as a result, as olive oil and sesame seeds and oil were the main export
product of the Arab peasants in addition to the citrus production. ©
Many of the peasants under such circumstances were not able to survive
the pressures and some were forced to sell their lands. As seen in Table
3, the years in which the peasants sold more of their lands up to 1936
were during the periods of economic depression. Most of the peasants
survived from season to season with difficulty, unless they obtained
access to more lands or found off-farm work to supplement their
agricultural income. Short-term seasonal day labour undertaken by
peasants mostly to supplement their income without losing their base on
the land. *
The influx of Jewish immigration and the extensive land purchase had
serious effects on land and agriculture in Palestine. First, the cultivable
lands available to the Arab peasants was constantly decreasing because
of Jewish land purchase, especially in the cultivable areas. It was
49 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.3
and The Government of Palestine, General Monthly eiekin
of Current Statistics of Palestine, Jerusalem, September
1936, p.l.
50 Sir John Hope Simpson. A report on Immigration. p.178
51 Sarah Graham-Brown, "The Political Economy of Jabal
Nablus". p.144.
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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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