The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 33)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 33)

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Settlement on state lands. “4 As noted in Table 2, the Jordan Valley
represented 17.7% of the land purchased by the Jews during the years
between 1930 and 1935, Beersheba (Negev) represented 7.7% of the
total lands purchased during the same period. The occupation of
agricultural lands by the Zionist settlers, often resulted in the
displacement of the Arab peasants who were inhabiting or working these
lands. An example is, the case of Marj Ibn-Amir lands which became
the property of Lebanese businessmen in the nineteenth century. These
lands were sold to the Jews and the transfer took place between 1920 and
1925. During these dates there were 8000 Arab tenants on these lands
inhabiting twenty two villages but when the transfer of the lands was
completed, twenty one of these villages were evacuated and their
inhabitants were evicted.*s Another 700 tenants were evicted following
the purchase of lands in the Haifa-Acre coastal area and the Qusqus -
Tab’un areas in the 1920’s and the subsequent establishment of 23 Jewish
Settlements on these lands. “ A further 1500 Arab tenants were evicted
upon the purchase of 33,000 dunums in Wadi al-Hawarith. “ In his report
on immigration, land settlements and development, in 1930, Sir John
Hope Simpson pointed out that *... of 86,980 rural Arab families in
villages ... 29.4% are landless".* The figure 29.4% was high, considering
that more than a half of the Arab population depended on agriculture for
a living. In 1931, 411,621 out of 759,712 Muslim Arabs depended on
agriculture, and 16,176 out of 91,398 Christian Arabs depended on
44 Article 6, the Terms of the Mandate
45 Nevil Barbour and D. Wanniner, Nisi Dominus. pp.117-8.
46 Y. Porath, The Emergence of the Palestinian National
Movement. p.88
47 Sabir Musa " Nizam Mulkyyat al-Aradi Fi Filastin Fi Awakhir
al-'Ahd al-‘Uthmani" Shu’un Filastiniyah, No. 95 (October
1979), p.58
48 Sir John Hope Simpson, Report on Immigration. p.142
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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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