The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 79)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 79)

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The clash in Ya’bad
There are a number of reasons behind al-Qassam’s decision to leave
Haifa with a number of his men towards the end of 1935. The number
of Jewish immigrants to Palestine had risen to a level never reached
before, the number of legal immigrants entering that year being 60,000.
At the same time the number of unemployed Arabs was rising constantly,
and the flow of landless peasants to the towns was increasing constantly,
adding to the urban unemployed. In addition there were attacks and
assaults on Arab villages by the Zionist Revisionists. These attacks,
together with the discovery of a considerable consignment of arms
belonging to the Zionists, confirmed the Palestinian Arab fears of
Zionist colonisation, and enraged Arab public opinion.» At the same
time the traditional leadership of the Palestinian Arabs was still unable
to articulate a practical policy toward resisting the Zionist intentions for
the country or the British Mandate policy of supporting the Jewish
national home. Another reason which helped al-Qassam to decide the
timing of leaving Haifa was that he was expecting to be arrested, as he
knew that he and some of his men were under surveillance.*
Leaving Haifa, al-Qassam went with nineteen of his men to the
mountains of the village of Noris, near Jenin, where they met with
Sheikh Farhan al-Sa’di. In Nuris they split, ten men staying with Sheikh
Farhan and nine accompanying al-Qassam to Ya’bad. On the way to
Ya’bad, near the village of al-Barid (near Jenin, now known as al-
Hashimia), al-Qassam group clashed with some policemen who were
following them, and one of al-Qassam’s group was shot dead.3* Arabi
33.See chapter one.
34.A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p181
35.Hasan Shiblaq, a Qassamite, as quoted in Bayan al-Hout al-
Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. p326.
36.Arabi Badawi, interview. 23/5/1984, Qabalan Nablus. This
story was confirmed in a statement by then Police which
was published in Filastin Newspaper 19/11/1935, about a
clash between the police and "bandits" during which one
bandit" was killed. 7
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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