The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 40)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 40)

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Mandate government. The Arab soap industry for example, was
competing with the highly mechanised and highly capitalised Shemen Oil
and Soap Factory which was founded in 1922, near Haifa with a capital
of £P 250,000. * This factory in the late 1920’s was one of the Jewish
firms most successful in persuading the British Mandate authorities to lift
import duty on olive oil and sesame. This advantage (which was a big
blow for the olive oil and sesame production in the Arab sector),
combined with economic scale resulting from the size of the enterprise
had a ruinous effect on the Arab soap producing factories as it allowed
Shemen to produce cheap lines of soap which was able to undersell
Nablus Soap. ® The Arab Soap industry received a further blow in 1931
when the Egyptians imposed a high tariff on imported soap in order to
protect their own soap industry. As a result of all these pressures the
Palestinian Arab soap industry was declining. For example, in 1929 there
were 12 soap factories in Jaffa and by 1936 the number had dropped to
only 4, #
Employment:
The large number of Jewish immigrants into the country also created
competition for employment between Arab and Jewish workers. The
number of Jewish workers registered in the Histadrut (the General
Federation of Hebrew Workers in the land of Israel), had increased by
64 Sarah Graham-Brown, "The Political Economy of Jabal
Nablus". p.14
65 Sarah Graham-Brown, "The Political Economy of Jabal
Nablus". pl40 and Sir John Hope Simpson Report. The
Immigration. p.113-4
66.The Report Of Royal Commission. p.91
67 “George Mansur Testimony, 16/1/1937". p.299
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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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