The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 84)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 84)

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newspaper denouncing the indifferent reaction of the leadership, both
the Majlisi and the mu’arada factions:
"Why did the nation stand on one side regarding the death
of al-Qassam and you stood on the other?. Why didn’t you
attend the funeral ?. Where are the good-will messages
from the Grand Mufti, from Ragib al-Nashashibi, ’Awni
*Abd al-Hadi and Hussein al-Khalidi?™
The position of the traditional leadership was recognised in a meeting
place six days later after the death of al-Qassam between representatives
of the five Arab political parties and the British High Commissioner, in
which they submitted a memorandum and told him that:
"Unless they received a reply to their memorandum which
could be generally regarded as giving satisfaction to their
requests they would lose influence with their followers,
extreme and irresponsible councils would prevail and
the political situation would rapidly deteriorate."”
The representatives of the political parties confirmed to the British
that they were not in favour of such violent "extreme and irresponsible
councils", and confirmed this by not attending al-Qassam’s funeral. The
strong reaction of the people to al-Qassam’s death made the leadership
realise, as Kayyali put it, that:
"They could not help feeling that Qassam’s revolt was an
indictment of their futile methods and that his selflessness
contrasted with their selfish motives and pursuits."
They took the same position of double-standards as they had adopted
during the 1929 uprising. While they hurried to dissociate themselves
from the violence by not attending the funeral and meeting with the High
Commissioner, they did attend the 40th day anniversary of al-Qassam’s
death and delivered enthusiastic speeches about the heroism of the man.
Not only that, but some of them went as far as to claim that al-Qassam
was a member of their party. Emil al-Ghouri claimed al-Qassam as a
member of the Arab Party (formed by the al-Husseini faction) and that
48.al-Jami’ah al-Arabiya newspaper, 22/11/3
49.As quoted by Ghassan Kanafani, "Thawrat 1936-39", Shu’un
Filastieniya. vol.6/7 p.62, and in Kayyali, Palestine A
Mdern History. p.182
50.A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p182

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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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