The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 119)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 119)

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The curfews, mass arrests, collective fines, searches and house-
demolitions became the standard measures adopted by General Haining,
who had succeeded Wavell as General Officer Commanding in May
1938, and who took it upon himself to crush the revolt:
"The normal military operation now being carried out in
Palestine is therefore a [check and search] of villages or
areas or portions of a town.
A) A cordon round the area is first established either by
troops aircraft .... all males of the village are collected for
identification.... and a house-to-house search of the
village is carried out.... proved offenders punishable under
emergency regulations are then transferred as soon as
possible to permanent concentration camps...
B) Collective punishments: there are only three types of
collective punishment employed in Palestine:
i) Collective fines: usually collected in cash, but
occasionally animals or food have been seized as security
for cash which allegedly cannot be raised.
ii) Collective demolition: in some cases the efficacy of
collective taxes has been exhausted, as there is no money
and some other deterrent must be applied ... one or more
houses are marked either of suspected bad characters, or
of village notables who can and should control the village;
if repetition of the act occurs, the marked houses are
demolished.
ili) Curfews: in urban areas an immediate and punitive
curfew is frequently imposed upon a town or a quarter in
which a terrorist crime is committed"
Other measures taken by the government included permitting the
Jews to act in concert with its armed forces against the Arab revolt. The
Jews were more than eager to crush the revolt, which, it seemed to them,
was beginning to endanger their proposed national home in Palestine. A
total of 2,800 Jews were enrolled as supernumerary constables, and a
certain number of rifle licenses were issued to Jews in addition to the
supplies in sealed armouries which had been allowed in Jewish
settlements for some years. The supernumerary constables quite openly
97 A letter by R.M. Haining to the Colonial Office, Ist
December 1938, CO 733/387/63819
98 The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Great Britain
and Palestine, 1915-1939. London, 1940, p.77
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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)

كتب ٢ (صفحات)