The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 30)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 30)

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cultivable areas, especially on the coastal and inland plains, they began to
settle in agricultural settlements. The increase of the Jewish agricultural
settlements on the coastal plains, was one of the main reasons which
drove the Arab inhabitants of Galilee to Revolt in 1936-39. These
settlements were also seen as a threat by Palestinian Arabs, and they
were the target of many of the attacks by the rebels during the revolt. As
large number of Arab landless peasants were forced to find jobs away
from farming in the urban centers, more numbers of Jews were turning
to farming.
The demographic impact of Zionist Settler Colonisation was twofold.
First it generated an increase of population as a result of Jewish
immigration, which could be beyond the capacity of the country to
absorb. As will be discussed below, unemployment among the Arab
population had risen to high levels. Secondly, it accelerated the migration
of Arabs from rural areas to the towns as a result of land purchase, which
resulted in an increase in the Arab population and the creation of an
Arab unskilled labour class.
The Arab population was alarmed by the increasing numbers of
Jewish immigrants, and was aware of the danger this posed to their
economy. In every uprising or a wave of mass protest and in every
meeting with the High Commissioner the question of Jewish immigration
was raised, and it was the first among the demands of the Palestinian
Arab National Movement. It was also one of the main reasons behind the
six month strike in 1936, and the revolt of 1936-39.
The problem of Jewish immigration was reflected in the reports of the
various Commissions of Inquiry which visited Palestine after each wave
of violent protests by the Arabs against the Jewish immigration and land
sales. For example following the 1920 and 1921 uprisings the report of
the Commission of Inquiry headed by Sir Thomas Haycraft stated that:
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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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