The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 215)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 215)

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The Military Courts inflicted severe punishments including many
life sentences.*' The number of Arabs who were hanged during the years
1937-1939 for possessing arms, and using them, or joining action with the
rebels exceeded 100.%In 1938, the Military Courts tried 526 persons of
which 454 were Arabs and only 73 Jews, and passed 55 death sentences,
all were Arabs. The number of persons kept in detention was 5,933 of
whom 254 were Jews the remainder being Arabs. 33
To stop the rebels from sabotaging and attacking trains and military
vehicles, the British forces would order relatives of fasil commanders, or
some notables to sit on the inspection trolley which drove at the front of
the military vehicle. *
“during the revolt the English used to gather people from
Coffee Shops or streets and make them sit on the front of
the first vehicle of the military convoy, so if there was a
mine on the road it would explode killing the Arabs, or
if the rebels attacked these people would be the first to get
killed. The people used to sing in loud voices to warn the
rebels of the approaching convoy, and to let them know
that Arabs have been used as a bait, so as not to shoot at
them” 35
Edward Keith-Roach the District Commissioner of the Jerusalem area
wrote that the army regarded the Arabs as "an enemy to be exterminated
by whatever means in their power".* Home demolition for example was
one of the favoured practices by the army, in this period nearly 2,000
homes were blown-up"” By November 1938, there were seventeen
battalions of infantry in Palestine, one-tenth of the whole regular army.”
31 Y. Porath, The Palestinian Arab National Movement, p.239
32 Subhi Yassin listed names of some of those who were hanged.
In al-Thawra al-Arabiya. pp.35-6, 55, 139 and 210.
33 Survey of Palestine 1945-6 vol. 1 p.49
34 On 14 September 1938, a bus filled with Arabs, commandered
by the army ran over a mine killing 10 of the Arabs.
"Narrative despatches" No 10, 24 October 1938. CO 935/21
35 Saliba Khamis, personal interview 19/2/1985 Haifa.
36 Keith Roach Private Papers, St. Anthony's College, Oxford,
Middle East Centre (MEC), p.448
37 "Memorandum on the comparative treatment of Arabs and Jews"
p.3. CO 371/61938 -
38 "Narrative despatches from the High Commissioner to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, reporting on the
Situation in Palestine" vol. 1, No. 11, 3D .
CO 935/21 a) ecember 1938
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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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