BY Nizar Sakhnini
PROLOGUE:
Palestinian resistance to the Zionist project started before the Basle Program and before the Balfour Declaration. The first signs of Palestinian resistance were a direct and spontaneous reaction to the efforts of the pioneer Zionist settlers to dispossess and displace the Arab fellahin, which were provocative and led to violent confrontations.
The Muslim-Christian Association appeared in Jaffa and Jerusalem in 1918 as a result of the anti-Zionist awakening following the Balfour Declaration. It was composed of traditional representatives of the leading families and religious community and soon became a countrywide network with its headquarters in Jerusalem.
The Arab Executive was elected at the 3rd National Congress in Haifa in December 1920 to turn the Muslim-Christian Associations into a permanent body to defend the Palestinian cause. The Arab Executive led the Palestinian political movement until 1935 and was replaced by an Arab Higher Committee (AHC) that was formed in 1936.
In September 1948, the AHC announced the establishment of an all-Palestine government in Gaza, which was later moved to Cairo and proved to be a complete failure. It was helpless and powerless reflecting the loss and the aimlessness of the Palestinians who did not know what to do.
After a decade during which all hopes were dashed, a number of Palestinian movements advocating armed struggle to restore Palestinian rights began to emerge.
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