The Revolt of 1936

2015/02/01 by Matthew Kelly · 29 citations
Social Sciences · #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Middle East Politics and Society #Scholarship #Mandate #Political science #History #Law

paper · doi:10.1525/jps.2015.44.2.28

published in Journal of Palestine Studies 44(2), 28-42 (Taylor & Francis)

openalex publication_date 2015/02/01 · openalex created_date 2020/05/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

This article concerning the Great Revolt of 1936-39 is based on archival research conducted in England and Israel in 2011-12. It argues that British resort to harsh repressive measures during the 1936 phase of the revolt began earlier, endured longer, and occurred more frequently than scholars have hitherto recognized. It contends further that this oversight is an instance of a broader trend in the scholarship: namely, the internalization of the pervasive tendency in British and Zionist archival materials to characterize the rebellion as a crime wave, to which the Mandate merely responded, rather than provoked.

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• 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine [wikipedia]

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