Arab Higher Committee
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The Arab Higher Committee was the central political body representing Palestinian Arabs during the British Mandate, leading opposition to Zionism and British policies in Palestine.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Palestinian Arab political organization
ⓘ
national committee ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
British Mandate for Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
Mandatory Palestine
|
| chairperson | Haj Amin al-Husseini ⓘ |
| country |
British Mandate for Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
Mandatory Palestine
|
| dissolutionReason | collapse of the British Mandate and 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1948 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
national liberation ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Haj Amin al-Husseini ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
centralized Palestinian Arab political leadership during the Mandate
ⓘ
influenced British policy debates on Palestine ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Awni Abd al-Hadi
ⓘ
Emil Ghuri ⓘ Haj Amin al-Husseini ⓘ Haj Amin al-Husseini ⓘ
surface form:
Jamal al-Husayni
Awni Abd al-Hadi ⓘ
surface form:
Raghib al-Nashashibi
Yusuf al-Khalidi ⓘ other leading Palestinian Arab notables ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| ideology |
Arab nationalism
ⓘ
Palestinian nationalism ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Arabic ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| notableWork |
coordination of the 1936 general strike in Palestine
ⓘ
representation of Palestinian Arabs before international bodies ⓘ submission of memoranda and petitions to the British government ⓘ |
| operatingPeriod | 1936–1948 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
British Mandate policies in Palestine
ⓘ
Zionist movement in Palestine ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Palestinian Arab nationalist movement ⓘ |
| partOf | wider Arab League–backed efforts on Palestine (late 1940s) ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-partition of Palestine
ⓘ
rejection of Jewish statehood in Palestine ⓘ support for unitary Arab-majority state in Palestine ⓘ |
| purpose |
coordinate political opposition to Zionism in Palestine
ⓘ
oppose British policies in Palestine ⓘ represent Palestinian Arabs during the British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam (dominant among leadership) ⓘ |
| secondaryLanguageUsed | English ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
ⓘ
outlawed by British authorities in 1937 ⓘ reconstituted in exile after 1937 ⓘ role in Arab diplomatic efforts on Palestine at the United Nations in the 1940s ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)