The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 31)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 31)

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"The Arabs regard Jewish immigration not only as ultimate
means of Arab Political and economic subjection, but also
as an immediate cause of Arab unemployment."*
Land Purch Durinp the 1920’s and 1930's:
The Zionist purchase of Arab lands in Palestine started in the Nineteenth
Century on a small scale, but it had increased considerably during the
mandate period owing to the Balfour Declaration and the facilitation
provided by the mandate power. By the end of 1882, 22,000 dunums of
land, mostly in rural areas, was in Jewish possession, and at the outbreak
of the First World War 418,000 dunums was owned by the Jews. 2? By the
end of 1920 the Jews owned about 650,000 dunums of land in Palestine. *
Most of lands purchased during the 1920’s and 1930's was cultivable
land. In 1930 for example, the Jewish Agency owned 58 settlements with
a land area of 144,224 dunums and out of this total 130,190 dunums were
cultivable lands, of which 122,003 actually under cultivation. » [in 1945
the Jews owned a total of 1,588,356 dunums out of which 1,176,645,
dunums was cultivable land. This represents 24% of all cultivable land
area in Palestine] “ As detailed in Table 2, during the 1920's and 1930's
the Jewish land purchase in Palestine was concentrated mainly in the
coastal plain, especially during the 1930's. Of the total of 181,497 dunums
purchased between 1930 and 1935 for example, 111,988 dunums or about
61.6% was purchased along the coastal plain. This concentration of
36 Report of Haycroft Commission, as quoted in Government of
Palestine, Survey of Palestine, London, 1946, p.9
37Immigration and Settlement, Israel Pocket Library,
Jerusalem, 1973. p.105
38 R. Nathan, 0. Gass and D. Creamer, Palestine, Problem and
Promise. p.184
39 Encyclopaedia Palestina. 1984, vol. 1, p.172
40 Ibid. vol. 1, p.173
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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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