1936 – 1939 Arab revolt in Palestine , later came to be known as " The Great Revolt " , was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine against the British administration of the Palestine Mandate , demanding Arab independence and the end of the policy of open-ended Jewish immigration and land purchases with the stated goal of establishing a " Jewish National Home " . The dissent was directly influenced by the Qassamite rebellion , following the killing of Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam in 1935 , as well as the declaration by Hajj Amin al-Husseini of 16 May 1936 as ' Palestine Day ' and calling for a General Strike . The revolt was branded by many in the Jewish Yishuv as " immoral and terroristic " , often comparing it to fascism and nazism . Ben Gurion however described Arab causes as fear of growing Jewish economic power , opposition to mass Jewish immigration and fear of the English identification with Zionism
General Strike
Arab general strike (Mandatory Palestine)
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine