299. Gaza: The Palestinian Revolt, The Black and Tans, & Bomber Harris (Part 9)

This episode of Empire contains detailed descriptions of violence which some listeners may find upsetting. On the evening of the 15th of April, 1936, three armed Palestinian Arabs rolled barrels into the road near Nurshams in the hills between. between Nablus and Tulkaram, in what is now the Northern West Bank. They forced passing vehicles to stop and demanded money to buy weapons and ammunition. In one truck, loaded with crates of chickens, they found Zvi Dannenberg and Israel Hassan.

The gunmen shot them in cold blood. Hazan, a recent immigrant from Greece, died on the spot. The unnamed perpetrators were followers of Al Qasim, the revolutionary Palestinian leader we met in the last episode. Hello and welcome to Empire.

Today we are discussing the Palestinian Revolt of 1936, the first significant uprising of Palestinians, and as with the last episode, we are in the company of Pulitzer prize-winning historian, Harvard professor, friend of the show, Caroline Elkins is with us. Just let's start with that moment because, you know, we've talked about this, we've described a tinderbox of a situation since the British mandate. We've talked about sparks that could have ignited the region into a full conflagration, and this is one such. Tell us a little bit about what happens after this shooting. on the highway.

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