The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 241)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 241)

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almost all the countryside as well as some of the towns and forcing the
British forces to re-occupy Palestine in 1938.
The rebels were not mere common bandits, or scores of outlaws
who were seeking their own interests, but rather they were rebels with
national, political and economic common objectives. This proves also
that the revolt was not merely an internal clan wars over territories or
power as was suggested in some of the historical accounts of the period.
The fact that the rebels used their clans, and their clan alliances reflects
the social structure of the revolt and its peasant character.
Finally, despite the fact that the revolt of 1936-39 did not achieve
the national aims of gaining independence or stopping the Jewish
immigration or their purchase of Arab lands, it was, however, the most
important factor which led the British to give some concessions to the
Palestinian Arabs in the White Paper. This suggested the restrictions of
Jewish immigration and land sales, and granted the independence of
Palestine within a ten year period. However, the outbreak of the Second
World War. and the outbreak of Jewish violence in the 1940's did not
allow the achievement of the White Paper to come to put into practice.
Although the Palestinians themselves do not agree whether the
revolt was a failure or a success, and despite the disagreement among the
different historical accounts as to whether to call it a revolt, a rebellion, a
revolution or even bandits wars, the revolt of 1936-19939 remains in the
history of the Palestinian people, the first organised grass-roots armed
Struggle against colonisation, and a first step in a struggle which
continues today after fifty-four years. There are still many facts to be
revealed about this period of the Palestinian history and many lessons
remained to be learned.
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

مجموعات العناصر

رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

كتب ٢ (صفحات)