Palestinian Nationalism
Palestinian nationalism made its first appearance in the late 19th century when newspapers such as Filastin, become the vehicles through which Palestinian national identity was defined and elaborated in the years preceding World War One. Palestinian nationalism was sometimes subsumed under and at other times it overlapped with the broader Arab nationalism. Unlike other anti-colonial national movements, Palestinian nationalism encountered a dual system of colonialism, encountering both British colonial state, its system of coercion and violence, and Zionist settler colonial expansion. From the beginning of British occupation, Palestinian leaders called for an abrogation of the mandate on the grounds that it violated the Palestinian right to self-determination. In 1936 Palestinians launched a mass revolt against the colonisation of their country. By 1939, the British had crushed the Great Revolt and liquidated the Palestinian resistance movement, contributing to the events that culminated in the Palestinian Nakba in 1948.