British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Historical Summary 1933-5. Volume I - Page 32

CHAPTER II.

The main difference between the disturbances of 1933 and those of 1920, 1021 and 1929 was that for the first time the Arabs attacked the Government in 1933 and accused the Government of favouring the Jews.

11th December, 1933.

A meeting of protest against limitations on Jewish immigration was arranged in Tel Aviv by the Revisionists and resulted in a clash with the police, who were compelled to make baton charges.

1934.

January, 1934.

The Municipal Corporations Ordinance was enacted and in the following months municipal elections were held.

December, 1934.

The National Defence Party was formed as the political organ of the Nashashibi faction; some weeks later three more Arab political parties were created-the Palestine Arab Party (the organ of the Hussein is), the Arab Reform Party and the National Bloc Party.

A delegation of the Arab Executive protested to the High Commissioner that sales of land to Jews and Jewish immigration had reached such an extent as to be contrary to the safeguards to Arab rights provided in the Mandate. The High Commissioner replied with a statement to the effect that Government's policy was to increase the productivity of the country and that Jewish immigration, was not in excess of the absorptive capacity.

A campaign, in which the Supreme Moslem Council took an active part, was set on foot to prevent Arab lands from passing into Jewish hands.

The High Commissioner, in a statement to the Arab Executive, reaffirmed the intention of Government to establish a Legislative Council and undertook, after a reasonable period for examination of the manner in which the new Municipal Corporations Ordinance was operating 1 to inaugurate discussions with a view to the formation of a Legislative Council.

1935.

The year 1935 was notable for the growth of the Arab nationalist movement, the emergence of an Arab youth movement, the hardening of Arab opposition to Government, and, towards its end, the co-operation of five of the Arab political parties which hitherto

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