The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 99)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 99)

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There were three main reasons which made the National
Committees more important than the Higher Arab Committee in the
organisation of the strike. First, the structure of the Higher Arab
Committee, consisting of rival factions, was a hindrance to decision-
taking and the promotion of policies (the same reason which paralysed
the executive committee of the Seventh Congress and rendered it unable
to decide on or pursue a policy). Secondly, the National Committees
were financially independent, giving them the freedom to take their own
decisions according to their own judgments in their areas without the
interference of the Higher Arab Committee, or financial pressure from
them. Thirdly, the National Committees were chosen by the people in
each area, and their working among them gave them the trust of the
people. This also gave them the ability to take decisions and make
policies according to the needs of their areas, and without going back to
the Higher Arab Committee (which was in Jerusalem). In fact, it was the
Higher Arab Committee which consulted the National Committees
before making any decision, and not the reverse.”
On the 26th April 1936, the Higher Arab Committee issued its first
communique, in which it requested people to continue the strike until
national demands had been conceded.2’
On the 7th of May representatives of the National Committees of all
areas in Palestine met at a conference in Jerusalem to discuss the
political situation, and unanimously decided to stop payment of all taxes
as from the 15th of May if the government did not radically change its
policy, starting with the cessation of Jewish immigration. The
representatives also reiterated the three main demands of the national
movement: 1)the immediate stopping of Jewish immigration; 2) the
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26 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. p.190
27.Subhi Yassin, al-Thawra al-Arabiya. p.32
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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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