Henry Cattan argues for self-determination at the United Nations

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; Palestinian Arab political parties. Action: Representatives of Palestinian parties reconstituted the committee dissolved during British repression of the...

Organizations/movement: Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA). Action: Totah testified before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, defending Palestinian independence and challenging Zionist...

Organizations/movement: Arab Workers’ Congress (AWC). Action: Delegates, including women, met in Jerusalem and advocated democratic government and Jewish inhabitants’ rights. Result: A...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee (hay’a); Arab League; Arab Higher Front. Action: The Arab League consolidated nationalist leadership after competition between committee and front...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Workers’ Society; Trade Unions’ Council. Action: A Haifa conference amended the society’s rules and elected Hamran secretary general. Result: A labour-centred...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). Action: A cable informed the UN that Palestinian Arabs should not collaborate with or appear...

Organizations/movement: Trade Unions’ Council. Action: A Haifa conference sent the UN a cable rejecting partition and demanding independence. Result: Labour challenged the AHC’s representative...

Organizations/movement: Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas (Army of the Holy War); Arab Higher Committee. Action: Al-Husseini returned and reorganized forces around Jerusalem after the partition vote. Result:...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; Palestinian demonstrators. Action: Palestinians participated in a strike protesting the UN partition recommendation. Result: Public rejection became...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Medical Society; Palestinian medical networks. Action: Abd al-Shafi provided medical assistance to Palestinians injured in fighting with Zionist forces. Result: Local...