Fifth Congress chooses non-cooperation with the constitutional scheme

Organizations/movement: Palestinian associations and clubs. Action: Organizers sought to convene a further national congress during British military administration; Palestinian clubs also addressed...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: Delegates met in Haifa from 13–19 December, adopted demands for representative national government and...

Organizations/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...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Delegation; Arab Executive Committee. Action: The delegation pursued meetings and representations in London during 1921–1922, seeking political rights and...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Delegation. Action: The delegation issued a written response challenging the 1922 policy and the framework imposed without the Arab population’s agreement....

Organizations/movement: Arab Executive Committee; Palestinian boycott supporters. Action: Nationalist leadership and supporters withheld participation in the February–March elections for the...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress. Action: Delegates assembled in Jaffa after the election boycott, continuing the national congress network’s political work. Result: National...

Organizations/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...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Workers’ Society (PAWS). Action: Workers, especially in the railway sector, organized an independent Arab labour body in Haifa after seeking official approval....

Organizations/movement: Palestinian nationalist protesters. Action: Protests and shutdowns during 25 March–1 April challenged the visit of the politician associated with the 1917 declaration....