Palestine Arab Workers’ Society resumes wartime organizing

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: Palestinian Arab delegation; Arab state delegations. Action: Delegates attended the London conference, continuing through March, and argued over political rights and earlier...

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: 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....

Organizations/movement: National Liberation League in Palestine. Action: Arab communists announced a nationalist and democratic organization with workers and intellectuals as its social base....

Organizations/movement: FATULS; National Liberation League; al-Ittihad. Action: Activists launched the Arabic newspaper al-Ittihad in Haifa. Result: A regular publication carried labour and...

Organizations/movement: Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA). Action: An institute was established in New York to present Arab perspectives to American audiences. Result: It provided an organized...