The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 53)

غرض

عنوان

The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 53)

المحتوى

voted to boycott participation it on the grounds that the Arab
representation was not adequate, and that the council would confirm the
Balfour Declaration, '5 and not have any authority to discuss the British
legislative or fiscal policies in the country.
The Sixth National Congress was held in Jaffa, on the 16th June 1923,
the main subject of discussion being the withholding of taxes, when the
executive committee
found that the situation in the country needed further action, following
consultation with the congress. '* The Seventh and last of the National
Congresses was held between 20th and 27th June 1927 and was the
weakest of all the congresses. It was paralysed by internal problems due
to competition among members of the leading elite families. An
executive committee was elected with a large number of members, to
include all the rival and competing parties. This committee, however,
was unable to lead the national movement as it was consumed with
political and familial rivalry. Up until the Seventh Congress the leading
bodies of the national movement were the executive committees which
emerged from the congresses. All were chaired by Musa Kazim al-
Husseini until his death in 1934, ”
The Emergence of the Opposition
Until the Sixth National Congress, the elite leadership of the national
movement was united against the common enemy, the Zionist
movement, although their views varied on the degree of pro-British
sentiment. Likewise, the rivalry and competition among the leading
families did not affect the national movement, and indeed until 1923 the
re er nr esp pen genres
15 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. pp.164-5 and
Robert John and Sami Hadawi, The Palestine Diary. Beirut,
1970, pp.181-182.
16 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assast. p.17
17 Ibid p.75 ay per
45

هو جزء من

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

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

مجموعات العناصر

Generated Pages Set

رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

كتب ٢ (صفحات)