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Falastin: An Experiment in Promoting Palestinian Nationalism through the English-language Press

This chapter offers a focused study on the Jaffa-based daily Filastin, arguably the most influential Palestinian newspaper of the 1920s and 1930s, published in Arabic by ‘Isa al-‘Isa and edited by Yusuf Hanna. In 1929, an English-language edition, Falastin, was launched initially consisting entirely of denunciations of Zionist activities and appeals to the British mandate authorities for redress with little news reporting. As time passed, however, both its tone and content changed in significant ways. News reports displaced blanket condemnations on the front pages, while complaints to the authorities gave way to stories that offered reasons for the mandatory government to take action. Such shifts reflected not only the growing journalistic professionalism of the staff of Falastin but also a transformation in the attitude of Palestinian nationalists towards both the British and the broader international community.