The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 27)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 27)

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due to increased Zionist propaganda in the wake of the Balfour
Declaration plus the economic crisis in Europe.?5 Other contributing
factors were new Legislation in Poland which affected the Jews (from
1919 and 1936 Polish Jews represented 42.8% of all Jewish immigrants
who entered Palestine), 7° and the United States policy of immigration
quota on the basis of the countries of origin, which excluded Jewish
immigrants from Eastern Europe.”’ The flood of immigrants in 1925-1926
was concentrated mainly in the cities and Jewish settlements. In the
settlements the immigrants were absorbed by the growing citrus industry,
while in the cities many of them turned to small scale commerce and
building.”
In the years 1927-1929 the number of immigrants declined due to
the world economic crisis, causing the numbers of Jews leaving the
country to exceed the number entering. For example in 1927, 2,713,
entered while 5,071 left, nearly twice as many.” Between the years 1929-
31 the average rate of immigration was about 5,000 people a year.
However, as seen in Table 1, the rate between 1932 and 1936 was rising
sharply, while in 1931 the number of immigrants was 4,075 for example,
the number in 1933 rose to 30,327 and it peaked in 1935 when 61,844
immigrants entered the country. Apart from the authorized number of
immigrants there was a considerable volume of illegal immigration. This
reached its peak in 1933 and it was estimated that the two years of 1932-
33 the number of unauthorised settlers who entered the country was
25 Nakhleh and Zureik, (eds.) The Sociology of the_
Palestinians, London, 1980 p.17
26 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.25
27 Y. Porath, The Emergence of the Palestinian National
Movement. p.17
28 Ibid. pp. 17-8
29 Said Hamadeh, The Economic Organisation of Palestine. p.24
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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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