The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 212)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 212)

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standards, as well as the excesses of some of the rebels, worked against
the furthering of the revolt.
he British Mili Effor End The Revol
The British Governments both in London and in Palestine were anxious
to stop the revolt from its very beginning, for fear that it might spread
from Palestine to effect the Arab and Muslim worlds in general, and
from concern for the prestige and authority of the British government in
the East, had they failed to stop the "disturbances". Air Vice Marshal
Richard Pierce had urged that an early display of force would prevent
the trouble from spreading. '* On the 22nd of September 1936 British
military reinforcements were brought into the Country and by the end of
the month the number of British troops in the country had risen to
20,000.'° Pierce and Roy Spicer the Inspector-General of Police, who
were in favour of using force to stop the revolt started a search program
in the villages whence attacks suspected to come to find arms and rebels
and to intimidate the villagers from supporting the rebels. ” On the 12th
of June 1936 the British High Commissioner in Palestine gave the army
powers to arrest, search and to impose collective punishments in villages
suspected of supporting the rebels. As Mohammad al-Shuraidi recalled.
“After any clash, the English forces would come the next
day, and ask the village head to gather the women in the
Mosque and the men in the village square. Each one of us
should leave his house open. They would make searches.
They mixed the olive oil with the salt, with the flour. They
killed some of our cattle and demolished houses. This
happened with us in 1936. They used to steal gold and the
good furniture, I remember that the olive oil made a canal
18 “Abridged despatch by Air Vice Marshal Pierce on the
disturbances in Palestine 19 April-14 September 1936", Air
5/12/44 p.17
19 Robert John and Sami Hadawi, Palestine Diary. p.265.
20 Abridged despatch on the disturbances in Palestine, Air
1244, p.25.
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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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