تطور الفكر السياسي للقيادات المسيحية في فلسطين 1914-1922 م

Abstract EN

This study is about the development of the political thought of the Christian leaders in Palestine (1914- 1922) , that is, from the beginning of the World War 1 until the authentication of the League of Nations of the British Mandate on Palestine.

These Christian leaders adopted a political ideology that represented its own characteristics in seeing independence from the Ottoman Empire in the framework of the Arab endeavor and the unity with Syria.

It was possible to see the development of this ideology through the awareness of the dangers of the Zionist program, the Jewish immigration and the transfer of land to the Jews.

The Christian leaders had practiced the political work in partnership with the Islamic leaders whose allegiance to certain families is their priority.

The political work of Christian leaders avoided family power and replaced it with the formation of other associations and frameworks that represented the Arabs of Palestine, in addition to that they were part of the leadership of the masses, who guided the direct action.

They refused to form any party with a Christian religious background which British encouraged, and so their political thought continued to develop.