SheikhʿIzz ad-Dīn al-Qassām

…and nationalistically motivated followers of Sheikh Izz al-Din al-Qassam, who had been killed by the British in November 1935. The murder of two Jews on April 15, 1936, led to escalating violence, and the involvement of British forces prompted a call for a general strike in Nablus on April 20.…