Today, April 20, 2026, is the 90th anniversary of the moment mounting unrest in Palestine crystallized into strike calls that helped launch the uprising known as the “Great Palestinian Rebellion” or the “Great Arab Revolt.” From 1936 to 1939, the revolt spread from cities like Jaffa, Haifa, Nablus, and Jerusalem to villages and highlands, as Palestinian Arabs battled against British rule and Zionist colonization.
Britain crushed the revolt with mass arrests, detention camps, demolitions, torture, executions, and allied armed forces. More than 5,000 Palestinians were killed and nearly 15,000 wounded, while Palestinian leaders were exiled, imprisoned, or assassinated, and Zionist institutions emerged stronger on the eve of 1948.
from PALEZINE curated and published by Barry Hock
