The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 96)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 96)

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days. As a result on the 1st day of March 1936 the French Government
announced its decision to negotiate a treaty with the Syrians. '’ These
victories of the Egyptian and Syrian national movements inspired the
Palestinian nationalists, and represented an additional determining
factor for the revolt. As mentioned in the Royal Commission’s report:
"These developments in Egypt and Syrian were bound to
stimulate nationalist-independence agitation in Palestine...
It is only to be expected that Palestinian Arabs should thus
envy and seek to emulate their successful fellow
nationalists in these countries just across their northern
and southern boundaries."
Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, who was a member of a secret group in
Jerusalem during the revolt, summarizes well the conditions leading to
the revolt;
"Apart from the al-Qassam movement, there were other
reasons for the creation of a revolutionary atmosphere in
Palestine - the Balfour Declaration; Jewish immigration;
land sales; the feeling of fear that the Jewish state would
be established and that this would lead to the loss of the
land; the fear of the armed Jewish formations which had
been organising since 1929, such as the Haganah; the
smuggling of arms by the Jews into the country; and the
failure of the 1933 uprising in spite of its widespread
effectiveness”.'9
17 Robert John and Sami Hadawi, Palestine Diary. p.258 :
18 Report of The Royal Commission. pp.93-94
19 Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, personal interview 5/5/85, Amman,
Jordan.
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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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