Historical Organization
Arab Executive Committee
Arab Executive Committee
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Third Congress creates a continuing Arab Executive
📅 13 December 1920Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: Delegates met in Haifa from 13–19 December, adopted demands for representative national government and...
Fourth Congress authorizes a delegation to London
đź“… 29 May 1921Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: The Jerusalem congress, continuing to 4 June, decided to take the Palestinian case directly to the British...
Palestine Arab Delegation begins prolonged London negotiations
📅 2 July 1921Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Delegation; Arab Executive Committee. Action: The delegation pursued meetings and representations in London during 1921–1922, seeking political rights and...
Fifth Congress chooses non-cooperation with the constitutional scheme
đź“… 20 August 1922Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: Delegates met in Nablus through 1 September and opposed participation in the proposed constitutional...
Palestinians boycott Legislative Council elections
📅 February 1923Organizations/movement: Arab Executive Committee; Palestinian boycott supporters. Action: Nationalist leadership and supporters withheld participation in the February–March elections for the...
Arab Executive rejects the proposed Arab Agency
📅 12 October 1923Organizations/movement: Arab Executive Committee. Action: The Executive answered the High Commissioner’s offer of an Arab body patterned on the Jewish Agency. Result: Palestinian leaders rejected a...
Seventh Congress renews national representation
📅 20 June 1928Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: Delegates met in Jerusalem through 27 June, continuing coordination and renewing the Executive’s representative...
General strike and demonstrations confront British policy
đź“… 8 October 1933Organizations/movement: Arab Executive Committee; Palestinian demonstrators. Action: Strikes and demonstrations unfolded from October into early November; protests in Jerusalem and Jaffa directly...