EVENT INFORMATION

20
November
1935

Al-Qassam’s death becomes a catalyst for mass mobilization

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📅 20 November 1935 📍 Palestine

Organizations/movement: Al-Qassam’s followers; Muslim Youth Society, Haifa. Action: After building a following among working people and displaced rural migrants, Qassam entered armed confrontation with British forces near Ya’bad. Result: He and several followers were killed. A strike and large funeral followed in Haifa on 21 November. Impact / interpretation: His death became a powerful symbol and a precursor to the 1936 revolt. Symbolic influence was much greater than the immediate military result; historical description should distinguish that influence from an endorsement of armed violence.

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Izzeddin al-Qassam

Organizations in this Event

Al-Qassam’s followers

Muslim Youth Society

Haifa