A strike against partition unfolds amid communal violence

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 delegation. Action: Cattan addressed the UN General Assembly’s First Committee and challenged the legitimacy of policies imposed without Palestinian...

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

Organizations/movement: Arab Liberation Army (ALA); Arab League Military Committee. Action: An Arab League-sponsored volunteer army organized forces for the Palestine war. Result: An additional...

Organizations/movement: Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas. Action: Al-Husseini counterattacked at al-Qastal after unsuccessfully seeking supplies in Damascus. Result: He died in battle. Impact /...

Organizations/movement: National Liberation League in Palestine. Action: After the mid-May expansion of the war, the league campaigned for Palestinians to stay in their homeland. Result: An...

Organizations/movement: Arab Liberation Army; Ajnadin Battalion. Action: Captain Issa sent a report to ALA commander al-Qawuqji, documenting his battalion’s experience during the fighting. Result: A...