Palestinians and Arabs have been active agents of resistance against colonialism and imperialism since before the Nakba, and the legacy of this anti-colonial resistance lives on today.
In this, the fourth of our series Nakba75: The roots of Israeli Apartheid, Michael Lavalette looks at Palestinian resistance to British rule in the inter-war period
During the second half of the First World War, Arab forces fought for their liberation from the Ottoman Empire, in what is known as the Great Arab Revolt (1915-1918).