IRL 22, May 27, 2010.

URL; http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/Arab_Revolt.htm

This is an informative article which outlines and then describes the key information regarding the Arab Revolt/Great Arab Rebellion in Palestine, which took place between 1935-6 and 1939. This article relates mainly to the revolt as it relates to Zionism and to the Jewish people, which is the slant that the information presented here has, but it is still nonetheless valuable information, related to what we have been studying in class, as this rebellion is referenced.

It says here that this rebellion consisted of withholding taxes, acts of sabotage against British forces, and assassination of British officials, as well as the murder of Jewish civilians and other Arabs. These attacks were centered around the worry that the Arabs had about the large number of Jews that had immigrated to Palestine, worsening economic conditions due to the world depression.

Another valuable point mentioned here is that the Irgun, which was an Israeli 'secret police force' so to speak, was formed by the Jews in response to the violence that they had been enduring due to the Arabs' rebellion. The Haganah was also created as their military fighting force, and the end of the rebellion set the stage for the partition of Palestine and Israeli independence.

I also came to the conclusion on my own that the White Paper, issued by the British to pacify the Arabs' concerns about the large number of Jewish immigrants, must have been largely in response to their rebellion, and while I did know in the past due to what we've learned in class that the White Paper was one of the British attempts to not really take a definite stance on this, it must have largely been a result of the rebelling and the British would have wanted this to stop, as they would have been in the position of a mediator between the two sides.

The main limitation of this source is that there is so much information on it that for the purpose of completing this assignment or if I was looking for quick information, the first 10 or so paragraphs of text are all that are really going to be read, as it would take much more time to finish reading the page. There is so much information presented at once, whereas some people might be looking for a summary. Nevertheless, the information was very useful overall and amplified my understanding of the events happening between those years.