The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 213)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 213)

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that reached the village well. They demolished three
houses in that year"!
In September 1936 Lieutenant-General Sir John Dill assumed
command of the British forces from Pierce. He, however, did not succeed
in crushing the revolt. After the Arab Higher Committee agreed to call
the strike off and called for the rebels to stop the violence, Lieut.-
General Dill noted that there was no peace in Palestine, only an “armed
truce" as he was unable to disarm the rebels and his searches in the
villages to surrender their arms were unsuccessful.
In 1937 the British were preparing to take more severe methods
against the rebels should the revolt resume, as Ormsby-Gore the
Colonial Secretary told the Cabinet:
"If and when trouble came, it was necessary to take the
most drastic action from the first possible moment."
This is what the Government in Palestine and the army did. In May 1937
the High Commissioner agreed to the imprisonment of 200 nationalists in
Galilee as a measure to restore order in the area.“ The government also
began a campaign against the nationalists in other areas. In October 1937
the Arab Higher Committee and the National Committees were declared
‘unlawful associations’ and the Mufti was deprived of his post as a
President of the Supreme Muslim Council. The members of the Higher
Arab Committee and the National Committees along with other 200
activist were arrested and deported to the Seychelles. The Mufti escaped
arrest by hiding in al-Haram al-Sharif (the Dome of the Rock) and later
he was able to escape to Lebanon.?5
In October, officials from the Colonial Office, Air Ministry and War
Offices agreed to establish in Palestine Military Courts and to impose the
21 Nohammad al-Shuraidi, personal interview, 21/1/1985. Um al-
ahm .
22 Report by Dill on events in Palestine 15 September 1936,
p.13. WO 32/9401
23 13 January 1937. CAB 23/87/1(37)
24 Wauchope to Parkinson 20 May 1937. CO 733/332/1]
25 Battershill to Ormsby-Gore Ja5 oot 1937+ CO 733/332/10

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

تاريخ

1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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