The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 153)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 153)

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"In the year when the British came, and Turkey was
defeated. the woods in Palestine were full of rifles and
ammunition. Arms were thrown here and there. People
collected them and hid them. In some houses you could
find two or even three rifles hidden.”
"We used to get ammunition from Gaza. During the First
World War, the Turks left a lot of arms hidden among
cactus bushes in the Gaza area. We used to go and collect
bullets from there and sell them".
Another source of arms, and by far the most important, was the three
Arab countries, Syria, Lebanon, and Trans-Jordan. Arms used in the
Syrian Revolt of 1925, some of which were smuggled from Palestine
during the Syrian revolt, were smuggled back to Palestine. 3 It is worth
mentioning here that some of the Syrian rebels themselves joined the
fight, along with Palestinian rebels in Palestine. Izzat Darwazah mentions
the important role played by these Arab countries in the support of the
Palestinian Arab revolt:
"Syria, Lebanon and Trans-Jordan, were one of the main
sources, to supply the revolt with money, arms, volunteers,
equipment, clothes etc...."4
The third source of arms was arms dealers. During the revolt, arms
trading was a flourishing business, despite the hardship and dangers
involved, and in smuggling arms into the country. In each area of the
country there were arms dealers known to the people. For example, in
the northern region of Palestine some men from Amga and Kwikat
villages were known to be arms dealers and smugglers.5 They bought
arms from Syria and Lebanon and smuggled them into the country to sell
in the northern areas of the country. In the Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarm
1 Fawzi Jaradat, personal interview, 4/2/1985 Silat al-
Harithiyah, Jenin.
2 Bashir Ibrahim, personal interview 15/7/1984 Zeita, Tulkarm
3 Yusif Rajab Radi’i. Thawrat 1936. p.54 and Izzat Darwazah,
al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.209
4 Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.209
9 Raji al-Khatib, personal interview, 22/3/1985, Majd al-
Kurum, 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

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رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

كتب ٢ (صفحات)