The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 128)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 128)

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especially during the general strike. Many men bought rifles and sought
to join the various leaders in their areas.
"My father refused to give me money to buy a rifle,
because my brother had already joined the revolt. He
wanted me to stay and help him work the land. So, I went
to the Daboyia [Police Headquarters] and stole a horse
from them. I gave the horse to Rabah al-’Awad [a fasil
leader in Upper Galilee] so that in return he may give me a
rifle, I followed him for a while but I did not get the rifle. I
stole the horse back from him, and gave it to the leader
Abu-Khadir, who gave me a rifle and I joined his Fasil"6
"In the beginning I had a rifle, and used to follow the rebels
with some other armed men. When we learned that the
rebels were in a certain area, we would join them. Then
later a Fasil was formed, led by Ahmad Bishr from Majd
al-Kurum. We worked with him all the time.”
Some of the rebel volunteers joined their leaders and travelled with
them, and some stayed in their villages waiting for orders either to join
the leader if they were needed, or to launch an attack in a certain time
and place were asked.
"There were twelve of us in al-Be’neh. We used to meet
and go wherever the leaders gave orders to launch an
attack"
However, the attacks which were launched by these rebels were not all
carried out on the orders of the rebel leaders. In many cases, groups of
rebels attacked army vehicles, or Jewish settlements or car convoys on
main roads at their own initiative. °
In the early stages of recruitment, the villages which did not form
National Committees, were asked by the rebel leaders to form
Committees, which would be responsible for recruiting volunteers, and
collecting money to provide them with arms.
6 Hussein Baytam, Personal Interview, 21/2/1985. Abu-Snan,
Galilee. He was originally from al-Kuwaikatvillage, and
lived in Abu-Snan since 1948.
7 Mustafa al-Bakri, Personal Interview, 20/12/1985 al-Be’neh,
Galilee.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibrahim Shehadeh, Personal Interview, 8/4/1985, Aqqaba,
enin.
10 Raji al-Khatib, Personal Interview, 22/3/1985, Majd al-
Kurum, Galilee. He is originally from Sha’ab village, and
lived in Majd al-Kurum since 1948,
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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)