The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 201)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 201)

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Rahim operating in the Wad al-Sha’ir area (to the east of Tulkarm),
which was closer to his village Dhinnabah ”, and ’Arif operating in the
area of Bani Sa’b (to the south of Tulkarm) near his village of al-
Taybah.” When the Bureau of the Arab Revolt in Palestine was formed
in the Summer of 1938, it was agreed by the leaders that the position of
the Head of the Bureau should rotate between the members.
Nevertheless, the only two who actually competed for the position were
"Abd al-Rahim and ’Arif. ( more details on the relation between the two
leaders are provided in Chapter Eight).
However, the two biggest rival clan alliances which affected the
political life in Palestine, and affected all other alliances, were those of
the al-Husseini family and its rival the Nashashibi family (more details
are provided in Chapter Two). The rivalry between these two big
alliances was not confined to the of Jerusalem area only, but also
influenced more distant parts of the country through a network of
complicated and entangled relations and alliances which were not
necessarily directly connected with these two Jerusalem families. For
example, in Maythaloun, a small village near Jenin, each of the two clans
of the village supported a big and powerful family in the area of Jenin.
The Rabaya’h clan in Maythaloun supported the ’Abd al-Hadi family,
while the other clan in the village al-Nua’irat supported the Jarrar family,
another equally rich and powerful family in the Jenin area.‘ Both the
"Abd al-Hadi and Jarrar families owned lands in Maythaloun. ’Abd al-
Hadi generally supported the Nashashibi faction, which in turn had made
a sub-alliance with al-Rabaya’h in Maythaloun. On the other hand Jarrar
supported the al-Husseini faction, which subsequently made a sub-
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29 Shakier Milhim, Personal interview 6/4/1985 Dhinnabah,
Tulkarm. ‘
30 Faisal ‘Arif ‘Abd al-Raziq, Personal interviews 2/2/1985
and 20/4/1985. al-Taybah, Triangle. (21
31 Hasan al-Haj Yusif (of al-Rabaya’h Clan) Per
interview, 3/4/1984, Maythaloun, Jenin. ) Personal
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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)

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