The Palestinian rebellion, the first sustained violent…

The Palestinian rebellion, the first sustained violent uprising of Palestinian Arabs for more than a century, begins with spontaneous acts of violence committed by the religiously and nationalistically motivated followers of Sheikh 'Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, who had been killed by the British the previous year.

The murder of two Jews in April 1936 leads to escalating violence, and Qassamite groups initiate a general strike in Nablus and ...