The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 23)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 23)

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The main agricultural export products were wheat, barley, sesame,
olive oil and olive oil soap and other fruits and vegetables. The main
importers were France, Egypt, England, Asia Minor, Greece, Italy and
Malta.* Only a small part of the profits of the agricultural exports went to
their actual producers, that is the peasants, as most was taken by
merchants, middlemen, big landlords and tax-farmers, and a large part of
these profits went to the government.’ As the profits of agricultural
exports increased, so did the possibilities of increasing the cultivable
area; and for this purpose the Ottoman Government issued a series of
laws in 1858, and the 1870's. Of these laws the Land Code of 1858 was
the most significant, especially affecting the peasants. Under this law the
Government imposed individual registration of all possessory titles to the
lands, extension of the right of inheritance and, as a result, the breaking
up of all forms of communal ownership. By doing this, the Ottoman
Government hoped to profit from the fees for issuing documents of
registration, from disposal of state lands (for tillage in return for the tithe
tax) and from the fact that it will be able to force each person holding a
title deed to pay the required tax. In addition, the Government hoped
by increasing the cultivable lands to increase its revenue from
agricultural exports.
Many peasants, were unable to secure documents for themselves,
afraid of the consequences of fiscal demands, afraid of being drafted into
the army and they also needed protection by powerful men from the
oppression of the tax officials, soldiers and money-lenders. These
circumstances obliged them to register the lands they cultivated in the
8 Alexander Scholch, "European Penetration and Economic
Development of Palestine 1856-82" in Roger Owen (ed.)
Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine.
p.
9 Ibid. p.19
10 Abd al-Aziz ‘Awad, al-Idarah a]-’Uthmanyia i Wilayat
Suria, Cairo, 1969, p. 233
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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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Sonia Nimr

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