The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 150)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 150)

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The operations and attacks in 1938 were as follows.“
* Attacks on Jews 176
Attacks against Police and Army 986
Attacks on transportations 335
* Shooting at Jewish Settlements and
Jewish quarters in towns 651
Throwing bombs 331
Kidnapping 215
* Sabotage of Jewish property 410
Sabotage of telephone lines 720
Sabotage of railways and roads 341
Sabotage of government properties 210
Sabotage of oil pipelines 104
Assassinations and attempted Assassinations 490
The rebels tactics in 1938 were intensely on the offensive, and it was
obvious that they were gaining strength and confidence. (see Chapter 4
for occupation of the towns).
"The leaders in the North called a meeting for all the fasa’il
there. We met in al Baqia’h village in the Summer of 1938.
The target was to attack the Police Station in Safad. We
were divided up, and each group of fasils were responsible
for a task. The plan was, for one group to block the two
roads which led to Safad; and the remainder would go into
the town. A number of fasa’il blocked the road which
comes from Acre. The rest went inside the town and
attacked the police station, clashed —_ with the police force
and then withdrew."
The Government’s expenditure on security over the three years 1936-
1939, provides a clear picture of the strength of the rebel forces, as the
amount of money spent by the Government on Security considerably
66 Ibid. pp.19-20 /
There seems to be an overlap in the categories, but this was
67 reported in the original document.
Bulus Hanna Bulus, personal interview, 20/3/1985 al-Be’neh,
Galilee
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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)