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1936–39 Arab Revolt in Palestine: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Arab revolt
Date April 1936 - May 1939
Location Palestine
Participants United Kingdom

Photos

1936–39 Arab Revolt in Palestine
Lord William Robert Peel, second from left in profile, and Sir Horace Rumbold, far left, stand with others outside a building with a sign reading Office of the Palestine Royal Commission.
Map of Palestine showing the Peel Commission's 1937 partition proposal, with areas designated for a Jewish state in green, an Arab state in orange, and a central zone under British rule in red, including Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Major cities, Jewish settlements, and Arab or mixed towns are marked, alongside neighboring countries Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
Jews evacuating Jerusalem (1936)
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Key People

Amin al-Husseini
Amin al-Husseini
grand mufti of Jerusalem