Palestinian delegates pursue negotiations at St James’s Palace

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee. Action: Palestinian leaders opposed partition after the July report, rejecting a division that would sever territory and undermine their claim to a...

Organizations/movement: Arab National Congress, Bludan. Action: Participants from across the Arab region convened on 8–9 September to support Palestine and oppose the partition proposal. Result: The...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; Palestinian political parties. Action: After the assassination of a British commissioner, the authorities banned the AHC and imposed arrests and exile on...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian rural rebel groups. Action: During the revolt’s second phase, rebels exercised control in parts of the interior and developed institutions including courts and a...

Organizations/movement: Eastern Women’s Congress; Egyptian Feminist Union; Palestinian women’s organizations. Action: Delegations met in Cairo through 18 October, endorsed Palestinian national demands...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee. Action: The committee issued a detailed response to the May policy, objecting that it did not secure fundamental Palestinian rights. Result: Britain...

Organizations/movement: Amin al-Husseini’s exile leadership; Nazi German government. Action: Al-Husseini met Hitler, seeking Axis backing for Arab independence and opposition to a Jewish national home...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Workers’ Society (PAWS). Action: The society resumed activity in early 1942, organizing Arab workers in British camps. Result: Its branches expanded in 1943....

Organizations/movement: Federation of Arab Trade Unions and Labor Societies (FATULS); Ray of Hope Club. Action: Activists replaced the Ray of Hope Club with a federation connecting intellectuals and...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian women’s movement; Egyptian Feminist Union. Action: Nassar participated in the General Congress of Arab Women at the Cairo Opera House and urged action on Palestine....