1936 in Mandatory Palestine

1936 in the British Mandate of Palestine

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Other events of 1936

Events in the year 1936 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

Arab revolt in Palestine: A photograph of Palestinian guerillas, c. 1936
  • 11 February - The founding of the moshav Rishpon.[1]
  • 15 April - The Anabta shooting, where remnants of a Qassamite band stopped a convoy on the road from Nablus to Tulkarm near Jaffa, robbed its passengers and, stating that they were acting to revenge the death of Izz al-Din al-Qassam, shot 3 Jewish passengers, two fatally, after ascertaining their identity.[2]
  • 16 April - two Arab workers sleeping in a hut in a banana plantation beside the highway between Petah Tikva and Yarkona were assassinated in retaliation by members of the Haganah-Bet.[3]
  • 19 April – Twenty Jews are killed in riots following the funeral of two Jews murdered on 15 April in Jaffa[4] and calls for a general strike begin in Nablus, marking the beginning of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine against the British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration.[5]
  • 21 April - The leaders of the five main parties accept the decision at Nablus and call for a general strike of all Arabs engaged in labour, transport and shopkeeping.[6]
  • 23 April – With the commencement of the Arab revolt, the British authorities evacuate the Jewish community of Hebron as a precautionary measure to secure its members' safety, thus ending the Jewish presence of Hebron.
  • 25 April – The Arab Higher Committee is established on the initiative of the Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin al-Husayni, to oppose British rule and Jewish claims in Palestine.
  • 16 May - Amin al-Husseini, president of the Arab Higher Committee and Mufti of Jerusalem, declares 16 May as 'Palestine Day' and officially calls for a general strike, which lasts until October of 1936.
  • 18 May - Announcement of the Peel Commission, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, a British Royal Commission of Inquiry, headed by Lord Peel, appointed to investigate the causes of unrest in British Mandatory Palestine.[7]
  • 02 June - An attempt by rebels to derail a train bringing the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment from Egypt led to the railways being put under guard, placing a great strain on the security forces at Nablus.[7]
  • 04 June - In response to the situation two days prior in Nablus, the government rounds up a large number of Palestinian leaders and sends them to a detention camp at Auja al-Hafir in the Negev desert.[7]
  • 21 June - The Battle of Nur Shams marks an escalation with the largest engagement of British troops against Arab militants so far in the revolt.[8]
  • 29 July - Members of the Peel Commission are officially appointed as follows: Chairman William Peel, 1st Earl Peel and the Vice-Chairman was Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet. The other members include Sir Laurie Hammond, Sir Morris Carter, Sir Harold Morris, and Reginald Coupland.[7]
  • 22 August - Anglo-Jewish Arabist scholar Levi Billig of Hebrew University is murdered at his home outside Jerusalem by an Arab assassin.[9][10]
  • 07 September - Statement of Policy issued by the Colonial Office in London declares the situation a "direct challenge to the authority of the British Government in Palestine" and announces the appointment of Lieutenant-General John Dill as supreme military commander.[6]
  • 11 October - The general strike is called off, marking the beginning of a break in hostilities which ensues for about a year while the Peel Commission deliberates.[7]
  • 11 November - Peel Commission officially arrives in British Mandatory Palestine.[7]
  • 7 December - The founding of the Moshav shitufi Kfar Hittim, the first of the tower and stockade settlement.
  • 10 December - The founding of the kibbutz Tel Amal.

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References[edit]

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  1. ^ "חברי רשפון עולים על אדמתם" [Members of Rishpon Are Settling Their Land]. Davar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 13 February 1936. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ Hughes, Matthew (3 January 2019). Britain's Pacification of Palestine: The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–1939. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-66135-5.
  3. ^ Laurens, Henry (2002). Une mission sacrée de civilisation [1922–1947 A sacred mission of civilization]. La Question de Palestine (in French). Vol. 2. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-61251-5.
  4. ^ Sykes, Christopher (1965) Cross Roads to Israel: Palestine from Balfour to Bevin. New English Library Edition (pb) 1967. Page 160.
  5. ^ Morris, 1999, p. 136.
  6. ^ a b Peel Commission Report Cmd. 5479, 1937, p. 96.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Horne, Edward (2003). A Job Well Done: A History of the Palestine Police Force, 1920–1948. Book Guild. ISBN 978-1-85776-758-2
  8. ^ "Troops Amhushed on Road, Heaviest Engagement of Palestine Revolt Follows (p. 9)". The Baltimore Sun. 22 June 1936.
  9. ^ Black, Ian (2015). Zionism and the Arabs, 1936-1939 (RLE Israel and Palestine). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-44269-1 Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  10. ^ "3 Jews, Including Hebrew U. Teacher, Slain by Arabs". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 23 August 1936. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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