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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine, the decolonisation of Asia, and the precursor to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict From top to bottom, left to right: British military parade in Jerusalem Palestinian Arab insurgents during ...
This region has also been referred to historically as the Land of Canaan, the Land of Israel, the Holy Land, the Promised Land, and Palestine. This region has been ruled over by many nations, including the Canaanites , Israelites , Judeans , Romans , Rashidun Caliphates , Crusaders , Ottoman Empire , British Empire , and today, Israel and ...
Arab dissent was influenced by the Qassamite rebellion following the killing of Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam by the Palestine Police Force in 1935, as well as the declaration by Mohammad Amin al-Husayni of 16 May 1930 as 'Palestine Day' and calling for a general strike on this day, following the 1929 Palestine riots. [citation needed]
The al-Bassa Massacre occurred during a period of heightened tensions within Mandatory Palestine. which was under British control following World War I. By the 1930s, many Palestinians were actively resisting British rule and opposing the large-scale immigration of Jewish settlers. The Arab Revolt sought to end British administration and the ...
His assassination was considered to represent the apex of the great Arab revolt in Palestine. Andrews's murder causes Britain to respond by outlawing the Arab Higher Committee . 1 October – Following the assassination of the British District Commissioner for the Galilee, the British authorities ban all Arab nationalist political organisations ...
[1] [2] The book also contains hundreds of photographs, several maps, and appendices. [2] The book also traces the Hebraization of Palestinian place names. [1] As Ann M. Lesch notes, "In the Jerusalem district alone, twenty per cent of the 38 destroyed villages now have Hebrew names: Kasla became Kesalon; Sar'a is Tzor'a; Saris is Shoresh; Suba ...
On his visit, the PAP said that India had played a great role in West Asia peace process. After the ceremonial reception and a guard of honour at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan, Abbas said relations between India and Palestine had always been good and that the two countries were making efforts to improve such relations. "You know how good ...
The large numbers of Jews entering Palestine was a cause of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Britain responded to the revolt by appointing a royal commission, the Peel Commission, which went to Palestine and undertook a thorough study of the issues. The Peel Commission recommended in 1937 for Palestine to be partitioned into two states ...