2024-05-03 22:47:51
After Britain declared its support for Jewish immigration,
Vicious cycle of retaliation against Arab violent protests
As a history book, the objective description stands out.
◇Palestine 1936/Written by Oren Kessler/Translated by Jeong Young-eun/528 pages, 28,000 won, Wisdom House
“Give me the money.”
On April 15, 1936, Israel Hazan, a Jewish chicken seller, was threatened by Arabs near present-day Tel Aviv. Hazan was carrying chickens in his truck and going up the hill. He was stopped by a barricade, where Arabs with their faces obscured were guarding the street with guns. Hazan asked for his life, saying he had no money, but the Arabs killed him.
The Arabs’ crime on this day was largely influenced by the assassination of the founder of the secret Arab organization ‘Black Hand’ by the police of the British Mandate government two years ago. When the leader who fought to protect the land of Palestine against imperialist Britain and Jewish immigrants died, Arabs, obsessed with revenge, began murdering Jews.
The problem grew bigger the next day. Two hard-line Jews entered the workers’ quarters at a banana farm and fired 11 shots from a pistol, killing two Arabs. Afterwards, Arabs gathered in the streets and began crying for revenge. They staged protests, destroyed public facilities, and terrorized Jews who had migrated and settled in Palestine. The land of Palestine gradually began to be stained with blood.
The new book is a history book written by an American-born journalist working in Israel about the ‘Great Arab Revolt’ that took place in Palestine from 1936 to 1939. The starting point for the Great Uprising was the ‘Balfour Declaration’ in 1917. Jewish immigrants began to increase as the British government declared support for the Jewish idea of building a ‘national homeland’ in Palestine. In 1937, there were about 400,000 Jews living in Palestine, accounting for 30% of the total population of Palestine. The Jews continued to expand their power aggressively. They built settlements in various places and took control of various local industries. The help of the British government that ruled Palestine also contributed to the expansion of Jewish power.
During the Great Uprising, Arabs staged violent protests. Accordingly, police under the British government suppressed the uprising, while extreme Jewish Zionists also joined in. As a result, more than 40,000 Arabs became refugees during the three-year uprising. Internal strife broke out to the extent that out of the 8,000 Arab deaths, 1,500 were killed by fellow Arabs.
In particular, the author analyzes that the Jews awakened through the Great Uprising. The Jews who were attacked by the Arabs strengthened their military retaliation. The Jewish army grew with the support of the British army, which was considered the strongest at the time. The Jews continued to occupy the land of Palestine by building additional settlements in strategic locations. They tried to attract the United States, which had emerged as a superpower during the two world wars, to their side. This is why Israel is still alive and well despite numerous conflicts, including the first Intifada, an Arab resistance movement against Israel, that took place between 1987 and 1993 and the second in 2000.
The approach that traces the origins of the Palestinian problem, which triggered the Israel-Iran armed conflict following the Israel-Hamas war, from the Great Arab Uprising, is interesting. The fact that it describes objectively without taking sides between Israel and Palestine is also an advantage as a history book.
Reporter Hojae Lee [email protected]
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