The 1910 Jaffa Orange Boycott: Palestine's First Economic Resistance

In 1910, the Jaffa orange—Palestine’s most celebrated export—became the center of a bitter economic battle. When Arab citrus growers discovered that Zionist settlers were using the 'Shamouti' branding to sell their own oranges, they organized a boycott that would foreshadow decades of conflict over land, labor, and identity. This episode digs into the Jaffa orange trade, the rise of the Arab press in Haifa and Jaffa, the role of figures like Najib Nassar and Ruhi al-Khalidi, and the early stirrings of organized Arab economic resistance against the Zionist enterprise. We also explore the Ottoman legal framework—the Land Code of 1858, the role of the mutasarrif and kaymakam—that shaped the battle over the orange groves, and how a simple fruit became a symbol of national pride and economic sovereignty.

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