The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 237)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 237)

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However, the policy adopted by these elites to face this threat was not
forceful enough to combat the threat posed by Zionist colonisation. Since
the first institutionalised political action embodied in the Muslim-
Christian Associations and the formation of the political parties in the
early thirties, until the general strike in April 1936, the political elite
leadership adopted a policy of complaints and protests, sending
numerous delegations to London to dissuade the British from supporting
the Jewish national home.
The uprisings of 1921, 1923, 1929 and 1933 proved that the policy
adopted by this political elite was futile and did not lead to the
achievement of any of the national demand, namely the independence of
Palestine as an Arab state, the stopping of Jewish immigration and land
purchase. These uprisings especially that of 1929, were also alarming
signs to both the British authorities and the political elites that the latter
could lose their control over the masses, the thing which almost occurred
in the early days of the general strike in 1936 had the political elite not
joined in. These events however, led to the emergence of some political
parties such as the Independence party led by politically radical middle
class urban members. The indirect opposition against these parties from
the traditional leadership such as Haj Amin al-Husseini on the one hand,
and the inability of these parties to work among the peasants and
workers led them to dissolve themselves. Nonetheless, their members
continued to be active in political life and played an important role
during the general strike as well as during the revolt.
However, it was movements such as that of sheikh Izz al-Din al-
Qassam which prepared the grounds for the revolt. This movement
which became known to the public in 1935, came as an alternative grass-
roots movement comprising mainly peasants and workers. It combined
religious and national ideologies, and adopting the armed struggle as an
alternative means of struggle.
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

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رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

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