The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 181)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 181)

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not exist. The heads of fasils were usually the ones to solve the disputes.
In the Beersheba area the tribal heads took this responsibility, as some of
them were also the heads of their tribes fasils.'“
In the central region itself differences could be found between the
practice of the different leaders towards courts and trials. "Abd al-Rahim
Haj Mohammad as the General Commander of the revolt maintained
the system and was careful that each trial was held with witnesses for
both sides of the dispute, and the dissatisfied party given the opportunity
to appeal. He also made sure that before the death sentence was passed
on any person, all the evidence was correct, although he did not often
pass the death sentence.
"Once I went with Sheikh Ahmad to a village named
Burga, to meet ’Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad. When we
were there, a leader named Fawzi Jarrar came to him with
a traitor in order to set a trial for him After the hearing in
the court which ’Abd al-Rahim made, he told the traitor,
‘aren’t you ashamed of yourself? your life now is in our
hands but I am not going to kill you, I am going to pardon
you, he gave him £P17 and olive oil and a sack of flour for
is family and let him go. A few days later the same man
came back, he had given the oil and flour to his family, and
bought a rifle with the money, and asked ’Abd al-Rahim to
Join the revolt",
’Abd al-Raziq also used to set courts and trials in his area, and like
*Abd al-Rahim he tried to keep the system of witnesses and evidence,
although in some cases he used to make a judgment without a trial.
“Once the Mukhtar of al-Taybeh saw one of ’Abd al-
Raziq’s men bring a truck to the village full of furniture;
when he asked him about it, he said that orders were issued
to confiscate the furniture of a man from Jaffa. The
Mukhtar went to ’Abd al-Raziq and told him about it, "Abd
al-Raziq said he did not issue such an order. He brought
the rebel and set a court for him, and he punished him with
25 lashes”.116
Abu-Durra ran these courts with much less care. Although he had set
up a court in his village, Silat al-Harithyia, it consisted of two fasil
ee
114 ‘Arafat al-Khatib. personal interview, 13/3/1985, al-
Shati’ Refugee Camp, Gaza. He was the Mukhtar of Qibia
Village, near Ramleh before 1948.
115 Raji al-Khatib, personal interview, 22/2/1985, Majd al-
Kurum. Galilee. P /2/1985, Majd al
116 Salih Baransi, personal interview, May 1985 London.

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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)