The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 37)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 37)

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estimated that an area of at least 180 dunums was required to maintain a
peasant family at a decent standard of living on an unirrigated land.
However, it was found that the whole cultivable land not already in the
hands of the Jews would not have provided on average a lot more than
90 dunums for each family. Secondly, as a result of Jewish land
purchase a class of landless Arabs was created and consequently an
unskilled labour force flooded the towns, especially the ports of Jaffa
and Haifa. Third, the competition between the Arab agricultural
products produced by costly traditional methods and the Jewish
Capitalist and mechanised production had made it difficult for Arab
peasants to obtain adequate prices for their products, especially as the
mandate governments were importing the same agricultural produce at
lower prices.
It is not surprising therefore, that one of the most important reasons
for the revolt of 1936-39 was to stop Arab land sales to the Jews.
Industry
Palestinian industry before the First World War was composed mainly of
small agricultural industry and handicrafts.* The number of industries
established before the First World War and were still operating in 1927
was 1236, of which 925 or 75% were Arab industries and 300 or 24%
were Jewish. Except for a few large olive oil soap factories and some
olive oil and sesame oil presses, the industries were mostly handicrafts.»
It is true that a number of new Arab enterprises (529 estimated by
52 Sir John Hope Simpson, Report on Immigration. pp.142-3.
53 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.
54 Ibid. p.221
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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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