The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 211)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 211)

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Many of the prevailing accounts of the revolt attributed its failure to
continue and to achieve the national goals to internal factors, such as the
backwardness and fragmentation of the peasantry who led the revolt, or
to the Palestinian Arab social structure. In his analysis of the revolt
Arnon Ohanna states: 5
"The absence of co-operation and mutual responsibility the
deep-seated divisiveness of a society based on patriarchal
lines and hamulas, the incident inter-village and inter-
hamula wrangles over stretches of land and water sources,
over blood feuds, family honour and marital problems ...
these were simply transferred to the guerrilla
bands/movement."
According to the analysis of Y. Porath, the failure of the rebels to
overcome the family and regional loyalties, and the fact that the rebels
"put their personal interests first, and those of the population at large,
last”,'* caused the revolt to fail. According to other sources, the only force
which could have achieved victory for the revolt was a revolutionary
party. ”
However, there were other major factors which contributed
greatly to bringing the revolt to an end, and prevented it therefore from
achieving its national goals. The British military and police forces used
harsh and brutal methods to crush the revolt, aided by Jewish armed
auxiliary forces. There was a shortage of arms and ammunition for the
rebels especially towards the end of the revolt. There were counter
attacks and operations by the peace armed bands formed by the
opposition faction. The death or arrest of many of the rebel leaders had
created a vacuum on the leadership level. All these factors, combined
with conflicts within the ranks of the rebels, the poor organisational
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15 Arnon Ohanna, Yuval; "The Bands in the Palestinian Arab
Revolt 1936-1939: Structure and organisation.", Asian and
African Studies. No. 15, 1981 229-47. p.47.
16 Y. Porath; The Palestinian Arab National Movement. p.269
17 Ibid, p.269; A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p.
stg, and Musa al-Budiri, The Palestine Communist Party.
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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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