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April 20, 1935 Arabs Declare General Strike

Arab Riots in Jerusalem 1948The Arabs declare an open-ended general strike and demand that the mandatory government put an immediate stop to Jewish Aliyah and the sale of land to Jews, and transfer power to the Arab majority in Palestine.

The bloody riots spread to every part of Palestine and the British have little success in preventing them.

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