The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 93)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 93)

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certain phrases in the Mandate, as to the ultimate
intentions of the Mandatory Power"?
Since the start of their administration of Palestine, the British had
never offered the Palestinian Arabs a clear policy regarding their
intentions towards the future of the country, and its predominately Arab
population whereas their support of the Jewish national home had been
clear. Instead, the British had published Statements of Policy which
failed to give clear responses to the demands of the Arab national
movement, and had sent commissions of inquiry which repeatedly
concluded that violent uprisings in Palestine were caused by the Arab
rejection of the Balfour Declaration and the Jewish national home. The
British Government in London and the Mandate Government in
Palestine had done nothing to address or redress the Arab grievances;
instead they suggested the establishment of Legislative Councils,
Consultative Councils and an Arab Agency, parallel to that of the Jewish
Agency. These suggestions were refused by the Arabs, as they regarded
them as an attempt to evade the three main demands of the national
movement: the cessation of Jewish immigration, the prohibition of Arab
land transfer to the Jews, and the establishment of a democratic
government based on the majority of the population.
Another major factor which led the masses to turn to armed revolt
was their mistrust of the methods and policies adopted by the leadership
of the national movement. These had proved futile and had failed to
achieve any national goals. The dilemma in which the national leadership
found itself on the eve of the revolt added to the mistrust of the masses.
The leadership had no clear policy for leading the struggle against
Zionism. Apart from sending letters of complaint and protests against the
Jewish national home to the British Governments in Palestine and
London, they had not decided upon or taken any further practical steps
12 Report of The Royal Commission. pp.110-112.

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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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