Palestine Remembered

In part 3 of this series, Yousef continues sharing the history of Palestinian independence and statehood, beginning with the establishment of the British Mandate in 1920.He discusses the appointment of Herbert Samuel as the first British High Commissioner for Palestine and his early policies; the arrival of the Jewish Legion, which served under British command; and the Black and Tans, transferred from Ireland to help maintain British control.Yousef also speaks about the al-Buraq Uprising of 1929, which erupted over Jewish religious activity near Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem that resulted in casualties and the execution of several Palestinian leaders. He further discusses the death of Sheikh Kamel al-Husseini in 1921, the rise to prominence of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and the early evolution of Pan-Arabism throughout the 1920s, which would shape the struggle for Palestinian statehood in the decades to come. For info on Yousef's lecture series on Palestinian history and politics,