1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

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Palestinian nationalist uprising anti-colonial rebellion revolt uprising

The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration during the British Mandate period.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)	2
Arab Revolt in Palestine 1936–1939	1
Great Arab Revolt in Palestine	1
Great Palestinian Revolt	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Palestinian nationalist uprising ⓘ anti-colonial rebellion ⓘ revolt ⓘ uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ surface form: Great Arab Revolt in Palestine 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ surface form: Great Palestinian Revolt
casualties	hundreds of British soldiers and police killed or wounded ⓘ hundreds of Jews killed or wounded ⓘ thousands of Palestinian Arabs killed or wounded ⓘ
cause	Palestinian Arab nationalism ⓘ land dispossession concerns among Palestinian Arabs ⓘ opposition to British Mandate policies ⓘ opposition to Jewish immigration ⓘ
conflictType	anti-colonial conflict ⓘ ethno-nationalist conflict ⓘ
country	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
endTime	1939 ⓘ
hasPart	1936 general strike in Palestine ⓘ rural guerrilla warfare phase ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
impact	contributed to militarization of the Yishuv ⓘ shaped subsequent British policy in Palestine ⓘ
languageOfParticipants	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
leader	Haj Amin al-Husseini ⓘ
location	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Palestine ⓘ
mainParticipants	British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Palestinian ⓘ surface form: Palestinian Arabs Yishuv ⓘ surface form: Yishuv (Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine)
opponent	British Army ⓘ Jewish paramilitary organizations in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
opposedTo	British colonial rule in Palestine ⓘ mass Jewish immigration to Palestine ⓘ
organizedBy	Arab Higher Committee ⓘ
partOf	Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ surface form: Arab–Jewish conflict in Mandatory Palestine
relatedTo	1939 White Paper on Palestine ⓘ Peel Commission partition proposal ⓘ
result	increased British–Zionist security cooperation ⓘ publication of the 1939 White Paper ⓘ severe weakening of Palestinian Arab leadership ⓘ suppression of revolt by British forces ⓘ
significantEvent	Arab general strike of 1936 ⓘ British counterinsurgency operations in Palestinian villages ⓘ Peel Commission inquiry ⓘ
startTime	1936 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → alsoKnownAs → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Arab Revolt in Palestine

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → alsoKnownAs → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Palestinian Revolt

Palestine Police Force → conflict → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)

Palestinian national movement → hasKeyEvent → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab Revolt in Palestine 1936–1939

Palestine Police Force → operatedDuring → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)

Haj Amin al-Husseini → participatedIn → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ

Arab Higher Committee → significantEvent → 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ