The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 26)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 26)
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political and social power to the urban elites who became the mediators
between the peasants and the Government. These elites assumed the
political leadership of the population.
The economic and social situation in the last few decades of the
Ottoman rule remained almost the same until the end of the First World
War, which brought dramatic changes to the country with the British
occupation and later the Mandate, and the British promise of
establishing a Jewish National Home in Palestine.
Demographic changes during 1920’s and 1930's:
In 1919 the population of Palestine was 647,850 the overwhelming
majority (515,000) being Muslim Arabs.2° Most of these lived in rural
areas and depended on agriculture for living. There were 62,500
Christian Arabs,?! who lived mostly in towns and depended on
Commerce, industries and other occupations as well as on agriculture.”
There were 65,300, Jews, the majority of whom lived in the towns of
Jerusalem, Safad, Tiberias, and Hebron.”
The Balfour Declaration of the 2nd November 1917 had opened wide
the doors of Palestine to Jewish immigration after the end of the First
World War. In 1919 the number of Jews entering the country was 1,806,
and in 1920 the number had risen to 8,223. * As detailed in Table I, the
years 1924-26 witnessed a large increase in the number of Jews migrating
into Palestine. For example in 1925, 33,801 entered the country. This was
20 The Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry for
Palestine, London, 1937, p. 114.
21 Ibid, p.114
22 Said Hamadeh. Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.34
23 The Report of the Royal Commission. p.114
24 Y. Porath, The Emergence of the Palestinian National
Movement, London, 1974, p.17
18 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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