The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 83)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 83)

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me from acting against the Islamic laws, Before a while
(before 1935) he took me to the mountains of Balqis, and
there he gave me a rifle. I asked what it was for and he said
"to train with it and to fight the Jihad with your brothers".
al-Qassam believed that peasants and workers were closer to God,
and thus made better fighters. According to "Abd al-Ghanim al-Karmi, a
journalist who asked al-Qassam why he concentrated on them, he said:
"My old age and long experience made me expect
something good from peasants and workers. They have put
their trust in God, an do believe in Heaven and the day of
Judgement, and whoever has these qualities is more likely
to sacrifice, and is more daring to go forward, besides they
are stronger and more able to endure difficulties”.”
Peasants and workers were to suffer most from the British policy and
the Jewish national home; thus they had an interest in seeing the British
mandate stopped and the Jewish national home project ceased. These
living in the shanty towns of Haifa, which were crowded and poor, were
largely ignored by the traditional leadership. Under these circumstances,
al-Qassam found a fertile soil for his teachings and preaching for armed
struggle among people who had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
His belief in them was proved correct after his death, when they formed
the main body in the fighting force of the revolt of 1936-39, and many of
them became leaders in the revolt.
al-Qassam and the Traditional leadership
In contrast to the angry, spontaneous and violent reaction of the Arab
population to the death of al-Qassam, the reaction of the traditional
leadership of the national movement was indifferent, and they declined
to attend the funeral or even to send good-will messages to Haifa. Akram
Zuieter of the al-Istiqlal party wrote in the al-Jami’a al-Arabiya
46.Hasan al- Bayer, as quoted in Filastin newspaper, Jaffa
23/11/1935, and as quoted by Samih Hammoudeh, al-Wa’i Wa
al-Thawra. p.53
47.as quoted by Samih Hammoudeh , al-wa’i Wa al-Thawra. p.54

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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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