They had critically examined Palestine’s history and determined that there were two distinct moments when the people were able to mobilize everyone to work toward a common goal and unite in a grassroots national movement. The first was in 1936, during the Arab general strike under the British Mandate, which had been ruling Palestine for well over a decade by then. Palestinians launched a nationwide strike to protest many British policies—most notably, the policy of allowing unrestricted Jewish immigration from Europe into Palestine.
