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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.712450
How the Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936-39) Succeeded
(Ha'aretz) Moshe Arens - The major Arab effort to reverse the course of events in the Land of Israel was the Arab revolt of 1936-39, in which gangs of armed Arabs attacked Jewish and British targets. The Arab Revolt was suppressed by the use of drastic measures taken by the British forces, but, nevertheless, succeeded in bringing about a change in British policy, resulting in the White Paper of May 1939 limiting Jewish immigration to Palestine and preventing the escape of many Jews from Europe to Palestine. The writer served as Israel's Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs.