The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 147)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 147)

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25 rebels were killed; they did not admit to any casualties on their side.
During 1936, the rebels learned more about guerrilla warfare as a
result of their own experiences. This expertise was put into practice
during 1937, with subsequent improvements in the rebels fighting skills
and tactics, as well as in the sort of targets of their operations.
"We were learning all the time. We learned how to deal
with cordons. For example, if the leader was somewhere in
a village, and we felt that the British would cordon off the
village, we, the rest of the fasil, would attack them near to
that place. So they were busy fighting us, and the leader, or
whoever was under the cordon would escape. We used the
same tactics in attacks. One Fasil would attack the British
forces and keep them busy in one place, while the rest
were Carrying out the main attack nearby."@
According to the annual report of the British Mandate
administration in Palestine for the year 1937, the rebels military
operations were as follows: 109 bomb attacks against the army and
police, 143 against Jewish settlements, and two attacks on British
personnel houses. The report also lists sabotage operations against
government installations, as five instances of blowing up railways, 82
cutting of telegraph wires, one road blown up, three attacks on
government buildings, and 18 attacks against Jewish property. Also listed
were five assassination and attempted assassination against British army
officers, 61 against British and Arab police officers, and 82 against Jews.®
Compared to the attacks of 1936, those in 1937 were fewer in number.
However, the difference in the quality of these attacks was substantial
with regard to the kind of targets attacked, and the methods and tactics
used, as well as in the actual clashes and battles. While in 1936 the rebels
concentrated mostly on Jewish targets and settlements, Jewish quarters
in towns, property and personnel, the attacks on Jews in 1937 became
oF Despatch from Gen. Peirse, 15/10/1936, WO 32/4117.
Hohammad Shuriedi, personal interview, 21/1/1985 Um al-
ahm.
63 Colonial Office Report to the Council of the League of
Nations, on the administration of Palestine and Trans-
Jordan. 1937, Co 814/12/1973.
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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