The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 52)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 52)

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demand an independent Palestinian government. An executive
committee was elected to pursue these resolutions. % It is important to
note here, that this congress was held after the collapse of the Faisal
government in Damascus, and that this was the reason for the
amendment of the resolutions of the First Congress.
The congresses and their resolutions did nothing to calm the
Palestinian Arab population’s fears of the advancing Jewish national
home, and they certainly did nothing to persuade the British to change
their policy towards the Jewish national home. This was especially so
given that the Palestinian leadership had taken no practical steps either
on policy nor on stepping up the struggle, as they were at that period still
hoping that the British would change their policy towards the Jewish
national home once they realised the Arab rejection of it. These feelings
of the Palestinian Arab population were again clearly expressed in 1921
by a spontaneous and violent uprising in Jaffa, where clashes occurred
between Arabs and Jews, leading to a number of casualties on both sides.
A commission of inquiry, sent to Palestine under Sir Thomas Haycraft to
investigate the reasons for Arab uprising, concluded that its causes were
Arab fears of the consequences of the Jewish national home and the
rejection of the Balfour Declaration.
The Fourth National Congress, 29th May to 4th June 1921, was held in
Jerusalem. The members confirmed the resolutions of the previous
congresses and did not come up with new ones. However, it was decided
at this congress to send a delegation to London to explain the
Palestinian-Arab position, and to demand their rights.
The main subject which dominated the Fifth national Congress 1922
in Nablus was the position towards the Legislative Council suggested by
the British authorities. The congress refused to join in this council and
ne ee
13 Mohammad Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.381
and Bayan al Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assast. pp.139-43
14 Mohammad Izzat Darwazah al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.39

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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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