Demonstrations contest Balfour’s visit to Palestine

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: Delegates met in Nablus through 1 September and opposed participation in the proposed constitutional...

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: Al-Karmel women’s section. Action: Nassar used a regular newspaper section to discuss education, social equality and women’s public responsibilities. Result: Women’s issues...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Arab Executive Committee. Action: Delegates met in Jerusalem through 27 June, continuing coordination and renewing the Executive’s representative...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Women’s Congress; Arab Women’s Executive. Action: Women convened in Jerusalem, submitted resolutions to the High Commissioner and carried their demands to...

Palestinian women met in Jerusalem, adopted national demands opposing British Mandate policy and the Balfour Declaration, and created an executive committee. Attendance estimates vary by source.

Organizations/movement: Arab Women’s Union, Haifa. Action: Organizers created a women’s union and developed a base for collective public activity. Result: The union later participated prominently in...