The Arab Rebellion was a 3-year long civil war in Palestine, sparked by Arab-Jewish tensions. Both sides suffered casualties, and the British got involved in some controversial ways.

• Start of the Rebellion: The tension bubbled over in April 1936 when Arab groups started attacking Jewish settlements. Think of it as a snowball rolling downhill, which gets bigger and bigger until... BOOM! A civil war starts.

• Casualties: In just one month, over 20 Jews had been killed. This wasn't just a short scuffle—by mid-summer, it was full-blown warfare with tragic loss of life.

• British Response: Imagine an older sibling stepping in to break up a fight, but with some questionable methods. The British:

  • Executed several Arab leaders 🪓.

  • Demolished houses believed to harbor Arab terrorists or weapons 🏚️.

  • Trained and structured the Jewish Defence Force, the Haganah 🤝.

• Who was he? Wingate was a British officer known for training Jewish squads to retaliate against Arab villages.

• Personality: Effective but very brutal. Imagine that strict gym teacher who wants you to do 100 push-ups without breaking a sweat.

• Controversial Incident: One chilling example of his tactics involved him trying to extract information about hidden arms from Arab prisoners. When they wouldn’t reveal anything, he forced sand into a prisoner’s mouth 🤐, making him vomit. Still not getting any answers, he ordered a Jewish boy to shoot the Arab prisoner. The horror of this act led others to speak.