Arab Youth Congress Meets in Jaffa

The order in council (a type of legislation approved by the King of Britain at a meeting of his Privy Council) adopts the conclusions of the International Commission on al-Buraq / Western Wall that...

The Order in Council is issued in London by the King's Privy Council to provide a framework that empowers the High Commissioner to make regulations "for securing the public safety and the defense of...

In view of the inaction of the [Palestine] Arab Executive Committee, Palestinian figures, mainly from Nablus, convene a one-day conference to protest the arming of the Jews in Palestine and the...

Palestinian figures, led by Raghib al-Nashashibi, mayor of Jerusalem, hold a conference in Jerusalem called the Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation.

An Arab National Conference is convened at the home of Awni Abd al-Hadi on the sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress.

Hizb al-istiqlal (the Independence Party) is the first major Palestinian political party.

In the wake of the John Hope Simpson report and the Passfield White Paper (1930), and to contain the growing number of landless tenants, the Mandate administration authorities issue Protection of...

The special commission of inquiry under Sir William Murison reports on the November 1933 disturbances.

Musa Kazim al-Husseini, president of the Arab Executive Committee, had not fully recovered after been hit by a mounted British policeman during the Jaffa demonstrations on 27 October 1933.

In a meeting held in Jaffa with the participation of around 600 people, Raghib al-Nashashibi announces the establishment of the National Defense Party.