Palestinian academic, Professor of Political Science at Beirut Arab University - Lebanon
The research investigated the case of the British military occupation of Palestine during the end of World War I. Palestine entered a new historical phase under the British Mandate until May 1948. As such, the article investigates the role of the press in stimulating Palestinian resistance to the British occupation. Its case study highlights the role of the Filastin and Mirror Al-Sharq newspapers in exposing the mandate plans in Palestine. These newspapers investigated its role in stimulating public opinion resistance to these plans.
The topic of the Palestinian press during the British Mandate period raises a fundamental problem centered around the role of this press in forming resistant public opinion. It provides an introduction to the reality of the Palestinian press after World War I. Moreover, it uncovers the challenges it faced during the British occupation and its dealings with the issuance of the Balfour Declaration and the Mandate, Lord Balfour's visit to occupied Palestine, the Buraq uprising in 1929, the Al-Qassam Battle in 1935, and the great revolution in 1936.
The research concluded that the two newspapers agreed in opposing the idea of the Jewish national homeland and anti-Zionism. They differed on the Mandate government; they highlighted the internal Palestinian contradictions between the various parties, and they had significant influence in shaping Palestinian consciousness.
Keywords: Palestinian newspapers, British Mandate, public awareness, Balfour declaration
