Revisiting the Druze Politics in Palestine under British Colonial Rule

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[1] 2006. 'Ahdāth ath-Thaura as-Suriya al-Kubra KamSaradahā Kā'idahā al-'Ām Sultan Pasha al-Atrash [The Events of the Great Syrian Rebellion as Narrated by its Leader Sultan Pasha al-Atrash]. Damascus: Dār Itlas lil Dirāsah wal Nasher.

[2] Abu Saleh, Abbas. 2013. at-Tārīkh al-Mu'āser lil Muwahidīn ad-Durūz: Asālah wa Infitāh wa Thākirah lil Mustakbal [The Modern History of the Unitarian Druze: Originality, Openness and a Memory for the Future]. Beirut: ad-Dār al-Arabiyah lil 'Ulūm.

[3] Abu Saleh, Abbas, and Sami Makarem. 1981. Tārīkh al-Muwahidīn ad-Durūz as-Siyāsi fi al-Mashreq al-'Arabi [The Druze Political History in the Eastern Arab World]. Beirut: Manshūrāt al-Majlis ad-Derzī lil Buhūth wal ‘Inmā’.

[4] al-'Ārif, 'Ārif. 2012. An-Nakbah Nakbat Bait al-Makdis wal Fardaus al-Mafkūd [The Catastrophe: The Bait a-Maqdis Catastrophe and the Lost Paradise], vol. III. Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies. al-Ba'ini, Hassan Amin. 2015. Mashyakhat 'Aqel al-Muwahidin (ad-Durūz) fi Lubnān wa Suriya wa Falastin: Tārīkhukhā wa Tatawurihā min al-'arāf ila altanthīm [Masyakhet 'Aqel al-Muwahidin in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine: Its History and Development from Customs to Establishment]. Beirut: Dār Ma'n.

[5] al-Hesnāwi, Thāher Mohammad Sakr. 2002. Shakib Arslan: ad-Daur as-Siyāsi al-Khafi [Shakib Arslan: The Hidden Political Role]. Beirut: Riad al-Rayyes Books.

[6] al-Kayyali, Abd al-Wahhab. 1984. al-Mūjaz fi Tārikh Falastīn al-Hadīth [The Concise History of Modern Palestine]. Acre: Dār al-Aswār.

[7] Atashe, Zeidan. 1995. Druze and Jews in Israel—A Shared Destiny? Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.

[8] Beinin, Joel, and Lisa Hajjar. 2014.“Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.” Middle East Research and Information Project. Accessed May 23, 2018. https://www.merip.org/sites/default/files/Primer_on_Palestine-Israel(MERIP_February2014)final.pdf.

[9] Brenton Betts, Robert. 1990. The Druze . Yale, CT: Yale University Press.

[10] Cohen, Hillel. 2010. Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948–1967 . Translated by Haim Watzman. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

[11] Dana, Nissim. 2003. The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status . Brighton: Sussex University Press.

[12] Dunkelman, Ben, 1976. Dual Allegiance: An Autobiography . Halifax, Nova Scotia: Formac.

[13] Epstein, Eliahu. 1942. The Druzes of Palestine. Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society , 29 (1), 52–63.

[14] Falah, Salman. 1975. A History of the Druze Settlements in Palestine during the Ottoman Period. In Studies on Palestine during the Ottoman Period , edited by Moshe Ma'oz, 31–48. Jerusalem: Magness Press.

[15] Firro, Kais. 1992. A History of the Druzes . Leiden: Brill Academic Publication.

[16] Firro, Kais. 1999. The Druzes in the Jewish State: A Brief History . Leiden: Brill Academic Publication.

[17] Gelber, Yoav. 1992. Antecedents of the Jewish-Druze Alliance in Palestine. Middle Eastern Studies , 28 (2), 352–373.

[18] Gelber, Yoav. 1995. Druze and Jews in the War of 1948. Middle Eastern Studies , 31 (2), 229–252.

[19] Hajjar, Lisa. 2005. Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

[20] Hamadeh, Omar 'Aref. 2004. Druze Falastin wal Tawāsol al-Kaumi [The Druze of Palestine and National Communication]. al-Mokhtara: ad-Dār at-Takadumiyyah.

[21] Hammoudi, Sanaa Mohammad. 2008. Mafhūm al-Kiyādah as-Siyāsiyah fi Falastīn fi 'Ahd al-Intidāb al-Britani (Kiyādat al-Haj Amin al-Husseini) [The Concept of Political Leadership in Palestine during the British Mandate: The Leadership of Haj Amin al-Husseini]. Beirut: ash-Shabakah al-'Arabiyah lil-Abhāth wal Nasher.

[22] Hasan, Naser. 2011. Raj'u al-'Ayyām [The Flashback of Days]. al-Mokhtāra, Lebanon: ad-Dār at-Takaddumiyah.

[23] Ma'oz, Moshe. 2015. Palestinian Leadership on the West Bank: The Changing Role of the Arab Mayors under Jordan and Israel . New York: Routledge.

[24] Makarem, Sami. 1972. The Doctrine of the Ismailis . Beirut: The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing.

[25] Makarem, Sami. 1979. The Druze Faith . New York: Caravan Books.

[26] Morris, Benny. 1989. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[27] Naffa', Said. 2010. al-'Arb ad-Durūz wa al-Harakah al-Wataniyah al-Falastiniyah hatta al-48 [The Arab Druzes and the Palestinian National Movement until 48]. 3rd ed. al-Mokhtara: ad-Dār a-Takadumiyah.

[28] Natur, Salman. 1995. Tāifah fi Bait an-Nār: ad-Durūz fi Israil bain al-ʿAbath wa at-Tārīkh [A Sect in the House of Fire: The Druze in Israel between Futility and History]. Carmel: Carmel Media.

[29] Parsons, Laila. 1997. The Palestinian Druze in the 1947–1948 Arab-Israeli War. Israeli Studies , 2 (1), 72–93.

[30] Parsons, Laila. 2000. The Druze between Palestine and Israel, 1947–49 . London: Macmillan Press in association with St. Matrin's Press.

[31] Parsons, Laila. 2007. The Druze and the Birth of Israel. In The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 , edited by Eugene L. Rogan and Avi Shlaim, 60–78. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[32] Shakib, Saleh. 1984. Relations between the Jews and the Druze between the Two World Wars. In Studies in History: Confrontation and Coexistence , edited by Pinhaz Artzi, 165–192. Israel: RamatGan.

[33] Shufani, Ilias. 2003. al-Mūjaz fi Tārīkh Falastin as-Siyāsi: Munthu Fajr at-Tārīkh hatta Sanat 1949 [The Concise Political History of Palestine: From the Dawn of History until 1949]. 3rd ed. Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies.

[34] Zaher al-Dīn, Izzat. 2004. al-Mujāhidūn ad-Durūz fi 'Ahd al-Intidāb: al-Qāda al-Siyāsiyyūn wal-Majmū'āt al-Muqātila [The Druze Resistance under the Mandate Period: The Political Leaders and Fighting Bands]. London: Druze Heritage Foundation.

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