HISTORY 244 Lecture 3: Lecture Three (1)
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A tale of two nationalisms: palestinian politics to 1940. Who are we? and who are we loyal to? : first answer was a greater syria, with a capital in damascus stretching to the. Birth of palestinian nationalism: from 1920-on, palestinians developed organizations to promote a palestinian identity, similar processes were at work in the arab world iraq, syria, lebanon, chief early palestinian organizations, were muslim-christian associations to face. If brits cared about democracy, they should let them decide: between ww1-ww2 saw the start of a collective palestinian consciousness. Challenges facing palestinian nationalism: organizations, arab congress stopped functioning after 1928, political parties lacked support, economic, lieberman says that european political and economic models helped. Instead of a jewish and palestinian state, it was jewish and arab. In terms of practical politics, it was ill conceived to deny concessions. If they had just engaged in legislature (even w/o criticizing bd) they could have had contacts with british officials.
