The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 117)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 117)

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towns, and over all of the countryside, and they were active in all areas of
the country:
"During 1938 the whole country was really in rebellion,
The Arab rebel forces had an awful lot of control; they
were very strong indeed. I don’t know how many forces the
Arabs may have had, but the British had at least 20,000
troops there and I think the Arabs must have had with
various irregulars and village volunteers and things like
that, twice the number up and down. They held the whole
of the country, apart from the main towns. Palestine’s
government, together with the British forces, then held the
main towns and their various camps in which they were
stationed, but the outside was really rebel country
controlled by the rebel armies."
All the railway stations between Jerusalem and Lydda and most of the
stations between Lydda and the Egyptian borders were destroyed. Police
stations were raided by the rebels who stole
arms and ammunition from them. Most of the police stations were closed
except for those in Gaza and Hebron, as they were held by the army.
Perhaps one of the most daring attacks on a police station was that
carried out against the Jenin police station on the 24th August 1938,
when the Assistant District Commissioner of Jenin, Mr. S. Moffat, was
killed in his guarded office inside the police station.” An eye-witness to
the killing, who was in the police station during the attack recalls the
incident:
"I was asked to see Mr. Moffat. He used to meet seven or
eight Mukhtars on certain days of the week. We sat on the
benches in front of the commissioner’s office, and the
English guards were walking back and forth in front of us.
A hunch-backed man came and sat on the bench, he had a
white paper in his hand. He knocked at the
commissioner’s door. We began to shout at him that it was
prohibited to enter. But he opened the door and began to
shoot. He shot nine bullets. Six of them hit the
commissioner who collapsed. The rebel walked out and at
the top of the stairs began to shoot in all directions, and
escaped. They took us all to prison after that."
90 Mr R. Martin, served in the Palestine Police 1936-1948.
Personal interview 5/4/1983, Burley, Hampshire, England.
91 Y. Porath, The Palestinian Arab National Movement. p.238.
92 A survey of Palestine, 1945-6, Vol.1, p.45
93 Kami Ghanim, personal interview 13/1/1984. Kufr Qoud,
enin.
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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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