The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 109)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 109)

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decision taken by al-Qawugqji to leave the country after the statement of
the Higher Arab Committee to call off the strike was announced.
In a meeting which took place two years later between Akram Zueiter
and al-Qawugji, the latter told Zueiter that he was driven to leave
Palestine because the political leadership realised that if he were to
remain, negotiations (to end the strike) would be delayed, and any
possibility of solving the problems would be endangered. He thought that
the Mufti did not want him there. ”
However, the success of the negotiations was not the only reason for
the Mufti wanting to get rid of al-Qawuqji. On the
one hand, the Mufti was aware of the popularity of al-Qawuqji among
the Palestinian people, especially after the last battles between the rebels
led by him and the British troops, and he was aware of his ability to
organise and train the rebels, thus considerably strengthening the revolt.
It was this ability that led the Mufti to fear that the armed struggle option
would prevail and that his policy of political settlement would fail. On
the other hand, it seems that the Mufti was opposed to al-Qawuqji on a
personal level, he feared that al-Qawuqji’s ambitions and popularity
might lead him to declare himself as a leader, thus endangering the
positions of the Mufti as well as the political leadership of the
Palestinian population. Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya mentioned an incident he
witnessed which confirms this point-of-view, and the fact that al-
Qawuaqji regarded himself to a certain as a leader:
"al-Qawugqji was not on friendly terms with Haj Amin. He
Once sent a letter to Haj Amin through me requesting that
all the money coming to Palestine in support of the revolt
should be sent to him, and not to Haj Amin, as he (al-
Qawugqji) was the leader of the revolt."
Porath claims that al-Qawuqji was more inclined towards the
Nashashibi faction, pointing out that his first connections in the country
67 Akram Zueiter, al-Haraka al-Wataniya. p.358
68 Mhairiya Qasmiya (ed.) Filastin Fi Mudhakkarat al-Qawaqji.
p
69 Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, personal interview, 5/5/85 Amman.

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

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

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رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

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