The Arab Higher Committee called a general strike demanding an end to British rule, an end to Jewish immigration and land purchases, and an independent representative government. The strike became the opening phase of the Great Palestinian Revolt, rooted in dispossession, rural debt, and opposition to the Mandate's support for a Jewish national home. Britain later crushed the revolt through mass arrests, executions, curfews, and house demolitions.
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Why does the Spanish Civil War story begin in Morocco?
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The rebellion was launched by military forces in Spanish Morocco before expanding to the peninsula.
Moroccan troops were uninvolved in the opening of the Spanish Civil War.
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The coup began in Spanish Morocco and relied on the colonial Army of Africa, including Moroccan units.