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SheikhʿIzz ad-Dīn al-Qassām

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    In Palestine: The Arab Revolt

    …and nationalistically motivated followers of Sheikh ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Qassām, who had been killed by the British in 1935. In April 1936 the murder of two Jews led to escalating violence, and Qassāmite groups initiated a general strike in Jaffa and Nablus. At that point the Arab political parties formed an…

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