1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

The Arab revolt in Palestine was a nationalist uprising against British rule in Mandatory Palestine and against growing Jewish immigration and land purchase. It began with a general strike called by a new national committee, later led by the Arab Higher Committee under Haj Amin al-Husseini, and developed into guerrilla warfare in the countryside. Britain responded with large reinforcements, collective punishments, detention and executions, and the revolt split into rival factions. The Peel Commission of 1937 recommended partition, which Arabs rejected, and the 1939 White Paper then limited Jewish immigration. The revolt weakened Palestinian Arab leadership before the 1948 war, and it also shaped Jewish self-defence organisations such as the Haganah.

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