British framing of the frontier in Palestine, 1918-1923 : revisiting colonial sources on tribal insurrection, land tenure, and the Arab intelligentsia

Abstract

The article discusses an early and little-known tribal insurrection in the Beisan valley in Palestine, in 1920, against the British army and the Zionist settlements; the discussion reveals the British colonial mind-set and their agenda for ruling Palestine and reforming its land tenure as a way to implement their pro-Zionist policy.