The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 50)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 50)

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Between 27 January and 4th February 1919, the First Palestine Arab
National Congress was held in Jerusalem. It comprised delegates from
Muslim-Christian Associations from different parts of Palestine. It also
included representatives from both the Literary and Arab clubs. All
came to discuss the presentation to the Peace Conference of the
Palestinian demands for self-determination and to express the fears of
the Palestinian Arabs regarding Zionism. 7 The congress ended with
resolutions to reject the Balfour Declaration and the British mandate,
calling for the unity of Palestine and Syria, the complete independence of
Palestine within the Arab unity, and to call Palestine "Suriya al-
Janubiyah” (Southern Syria). It was agreed also to send a delegation to
Damascus and to Paris to try to explain Palestinian-Arab sentiments. *
Two different tendencies were clear in this Congress, the first being a
pro-British one, represented by the eldest and economically richest
members who adopted the policy of local autonomy, "Palestine for the
Palestinians". Those who favored pro-British rule in Palestine advocated
the separation of Syria and Palestine. The other tendency was a Pan-
Arab one represented by the younger educated middle and upper classes.
They advocated an independent Palestine which would form part of a
great independent Arab state. ® The congress resolutions were clearly
influenced by the younger generation, though none of the resolutions was
anti-British. °°
During the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919, the fears of the
Palestinian Arabs were confirmed by the Zionist movements there. The
result of the Peace Conference was to confirm the Balfour Declaration,
but more importantly it treated Palestine as a separate country from
7 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa] Mu’assasat, Beirut, 1981.
p.Jo-
8 Mohammad Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya, Beirut.
1959, p.36.
9 A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern history. pp.60-61.
10 Akram Zueiter, Watha’ iq _al-Haraka_al-Wataniya al-
Filastiniya, Beirut, 1384, pp.14-17.

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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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Sonia Nimr

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