The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 114)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 114)

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Husseini in the Jerusalem area, Mohammad al-Salih (Abu-Khalid) in
Silat al-Zhahir area, Khalil Mohammad Issa (Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir) and
*Abdullah al-Asbah in the Galilee area, and Hasan Salameh in the
Ramleh-Jaffa area, became well-known names to the Arab population in
Palestine, and were the men most wanted by the British authorities.
The political leadership of the Palestinians who were exiled and
located mostly in Damascus formed al-Lajna al-Markaziyya lil-Jihad
(The Central Committee for the Holy War), in Damascus. This
committee, guided by the escaped Mufti based in Lebanon, and under
the active administration of Izzat Darwazah in Damascus, was to provide
co-ordination and co-operation between the largely independent rebel
formations which were headed by military commanders, and assisted by
regional commanders and unit leaders, on the one hand, and the political
leadership in exile and the rebels in Palestine, on the other. ©
This relation, and the flow of money, arms and information provided
by the Committee, caused a constant traffic of arms and supplies across
the Palestine-Syria borders. This successful coordination led the British
authorities to turn to Sir Charles Taggart, an official whose reputation
was formed by his effective police measures in India, to assist the
government in Palestine in their endeavours to stop the revolt, and to
stop the arms and supplies traffic through the borders. Taggart devised a
strategy of placing about sixty-five military police forts throughout the
country. He also set up the "Taggart Line’, a barbed wire entanglement
strung on stakes set in concrete which stretched along the Lebanese and
Syrian borders from the Mediterranean as far as lake of Tiberias. ™
However, the Taggart Line’ proved ineffective, and before long it was
cut down by the rebels and sold off on the market.”
“One night the commanders gave us orders to go to the
mountains where there is a wire from Ras al-Nagura to
80 A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p.211
81 Robert John and Sami Hadawi,Palestine Diary. p.
82 Ibid, p280 tary. p.280
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

مجموعات العناصر

رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

كتب ٢ (صفحات)