April 21^st, 1936 Arabs Say No to Jewish Homeland – State of Israel On the 21^st April, the leaders of the five Arab parties called a general strike. On the 25^th they formed a Supreme Arab Committee, subsequently known as the Arab Higher Committee, under the presidency of the Mufti of Jerusalem. The Committee decreed that the strike should continue until Jewish immigration was suspended. Source: The Political History of Palestine under British Administration Published (by His Britannic Majesty’s Government presented in July, 1947, to the United nations Special Committee on Palestine) Published at Jerusalem 1947 page (27)