Joint Memorandum of Palestinian Parties

The Press Ordinance allows the High Commissioner to censor the reporting of newspapers within Palestine and to ban the import of newspapers published outside of Palestine.

After some hesitation and many consultations, Muhammad Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem, decides to establish a political party.

Hussein Fakhri al-Khalidi, together with Ishaq Budeiri, Mahmoud Abu Khadra, Hosni Khalifa, Issa Bandak, and Saad al-Din al-Khalili, establish the Islah Party (Reform Party ) Party.

Announced in Germany, the Nuremberg Laws trigger massive Jewish immigration.

The formation of the National Bloc Party is announced in Nablus at the initiative of Abd al-Latif Salah (who is elected president of the party), Abd al-Fattah Touqan, Hamdi al-Husseini, Said...

The British high commissioner imposed emergency rules authorizing curfews, censorship, deportations and arrests without warrants.

The Arab Higher Committee (AHC) is formed to lead the Palestinian Revolt.

A Royal Commission (Peel Commission ) is appointed to investigate the causes of the rebellion.

All Palestinian senior officials, without exception and including judges, sign a joint memorandum protesting British pro-Zionist policies and submit it to the High Commissioner.

The ordinance gives the district commissioner the right to levy collective fines in cash or kind (livestock, produce such as cereals) upon all the inhabitants of a town or a village, if an offense has...