As part of the intercommunal conflict , some Arab leaders sought to orchestrate anti-Jewish boycotts from 1922 , with the official commencement of the British Mandate for Palestine . Arab dissent was influenced by the Qassamite rebellion following the killing of Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam by the British military in 1935 , as well as the declaration by Mohammad Amin al-Husayni of 16 May 1930 as ' Palestine Day ' and calling for a general strike on this day , following the 1929 Buraq ( Western Wall ) Uprising . In Egypt , anti-British demonstrations in November 1935 brought about the resumption of negotiations between the two countries for a treaty of independence . In Mandatory Syria a promise in March 1936 from the French authorities of self-government was made to end the 50-day Syrian general strike
1929 Buraq ( Western Wall ) Uprising
1929 Palestine riots
Arab general strike (Mandatory Palestine)