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Arab demand for national independence

The first of two causes of the 1936 disturbances named by the Peel Commission.

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Arab strike and revolt, 1936–1939 According to Palestine Royal Commission (Peel Commission) Primary record 1
Violence in Palestine, August 1929 According to Palestine Royal Commission (Peel Commission) Primary record 1

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Palestine Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5479), His Majesty's Stationery Office, via UN Question of Palestine archive, 1937. Primary record
(i) The desire of the Arabs for national independence.
They were the same underlying causes as those which brought about the “ disturbances ” of 1920, 1921, 1929 and 1933.

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