The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 72)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 72)
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were not ready for an armed revolt. For one reason, they were not
mobilized towards armed struggle; for another they were mostly hoping -
and the national leadership is greatly responsible for - that the British
would realise their mistake in supporting the establishment of the Jewish
national home, and that the different commissions which were holding
investigations into the situation in Palestine would dissuade the British
governments in London and Palestine from their policy of supporting the
Zionist project. Up to that period the Palestinian Arabs saw the Zionists
as their enemy, and the struggle was directed against them, while the
British were not yet considered as enemies.
Another factor which worked against the spreading of armed groups
in that period was that the dry season was approaching,*. This had made
the people in the rural areas (upon whom the armed groups depended
for support) more concerned about managing their crops than with
preparing to arm and go to the mountains to launch attacks against the
Jews.
After the dispersal of the Green Hand gang, the attacks on the Jewish
settlements by no means ceased. There were several armed attacks
against Jewish settlements, and other incidents such as cutting down their
trees or burning their crops. This sort of action took place in almost every
part of the country where Jewish settlements were to be found. These
attacks were carried out either by individuals or by groups still working
secretly.
The al-Oassam movement
On the 20th of November 1935 the British authorities in Palestine
released a statement in which it announced that a clash had taken place
that day between police and "Arab bandits" to the north of Ya’bad near
8.A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p156. - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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